You may have lived with your parents from birth to adulthood. Others may have lost their parents in death, perhaps because of sickness, an accident, or some other tragedy. Still others do not even know who their parents are.
Kāds no dzimšanas līdz pilngadībai ir dzīvojis kopā ar vecākiem; citiem vecāki ir miruši — varbūt slimības, nelaimes gadījuma vai kādas citas traģēdijas dēļ; vēl citi nemaz nezina, kas ir viņu vecāki.