I grew up as a orphan, a orphan is someone whose parents are dead, or unknown,
Oh I'm sorry to hear that, did you go through the foster system? I hear it can be awful for a lot of kids.
No I had a aunt, But a child is only called orphan when both parents are gone.
Ah, I actually didn't know that, I just figured if they were on their own for any reason other than that they chose it, they were considered one.
Well when animals are orphaned it only matters if the moms condition is gone.
I guess that happens more frequently in animals than in humans, huh?
Yeah, but various groups use different definitions
Are orphanages still a thing in modern times? I read about them a lot in American and British literature but I don't hear much about them today...
United States is a minor bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents".
In the common use, an orphan does not have any surviving parent to care for them. However, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), and other groups label any child who has lost one parent as an orphan. In this approach, a "maternal orphan" is a child whose mother
Orphan
An orphan (from the ) is someone whose parents have died, are unknown, or have permanently abandoned them.
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 (i.e. if the female parent has gone, the offspring is an orphan, regardless of the father's condition).
Definitions.
Various groups use different definitions to identify orphans. One legal definition used in the