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OrphanOrphan Orphan Child who has lost their parents For other uses, see Orphan (disambiguation). An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown, or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent, as the Hebrew translation, for example, is "fatherless".[1][2] In some languages, such as Swedish, the term is "parentless" and more ambiguous about whether the parents are dead, unknown or absconded, but typically refers to a child or younger adult.[citation needed] Orphans by Thomas Kennington, oil on canvas, 1885 In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant… (Source: Wikipedia)
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