"Sim, eu tive uma mãe e um pai."

Translation: Yes, I had a mother and a father.

[samosborn88]

So this literally means, ´´i had a mom and a dad but not anymore´´?

[Paulenrique]

Or in a context. "Yes, i had a mother and a father, but they didnt care much about me", for instance

[Grace251040]

So did have and had are not correct?

[GlennaSol]

'Did have' should also be correct for 'tive', though it has more emphasis than the direct translation 'had'. If it were a negative sentence, 'não tive' would be translated as 'did not have'.

[Eva1990]

I hear "tinha" a lot more here in Brasil. What does that link to?

[WesJM-O]

Tinha is once, not continuous.

[KellyJDarwin]

This is very hard to say 'uma mãe e um'