0_Apprentice
If your parents are deceased and you are an orphan do you think there is a list of all orphans somewhere
1_Wizard
I suppose you could check the listings of local orphanges, homes where orphans grew up. But I don't think there's a master list of orphans anywhere.
0_Apprentice
I know there is some type of list that has famous and notible people on it.
1_Wizard
I know in the Soviet Union many orphans ended up creating their own communities
0_Apprentice
 include world leaders, celebrated writers, entertainment greats, this list I guess includes figures in science and business, as well as innumerable fictional characters in literature and comics
1_Wizard
I think another complication is that there is no specific legal definition. At least not in the U.S.
0_Apprentice
While the exact definition of orphan varies, one legal definition is "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents
1_Wizard
Yes orphans do have dead parents. So I suppose a list could be made.
0_Apprentice
I guess according to the above definition it would also be kids abandoned or deserted by both parents as well. We have far too many of those these days
1_Wizard
That is very true. I wonder how many abandoned kids wind up in orphnages.
0_Apprentice
I would hope they wouls go to family, but who knows