If your parents are deceased and you are an orphan do you think there is a list of all orphans somewhere
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.
I know there is some type of list that has famous and notible people on it.
I know in the Soviet Union many orphans ended up creating their own communities
 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
I think another complication is that there is no specific legal definition. At least not in the U.S.
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
Yes orphans do have dead parents. So I suppose a list could be made.
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
That is very true. I wonder how many abandoned kids wind up in orphnages.
I would hope they wouls go to family, but who knows