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Commoner ago

And to think you can be declared an orphan even though you may still have a living parent:

https://www.unicef.org/media/media_45279.html

"UNICEF and global partners define an orphan as a child under 18 years of age who has lost one or both parents to any cause of death. By this definition, there were nearly 140 million orphans globally in 2015, including 61 million in Asia, 52 million in Africa, 10 million in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 7.3 million in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. This large figure represents not only children who have lost both parents, but also those who have lost a father but have a surviving mother or have lost their mother but have a surviving father."

EDIT

a wikileak emails even talks about the defn of an orphan...hmmm

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975STATE131477_b.html