My parents died when I was young and my brother raised me.
That's awful. Since your parents died, did you consider yourself an orphan?
Yes, I did.. since I didn't have parents.
That's quite rare in America, since it's a developed nation.   What happened?
They were in a car accident. My brother was 18 and I was 5 so he just got custody of me.
That must have been really hard.  How did your brother support you?
A lot of government assistance. It wasn't easy. But it was either that or foster care.
I'm sure that was much better, rather than trusting in the government or a social service agency to get you the proper foster care.
Yes, foster care is a joke. I was in it briefly before they decided to let my brother have me.
That's good that they let him take care of you.  How long were you actually in foster care?