sibling family
n.— «Mullins’s film follows two “sibling families”: families where both parents have died from AIDS and so the eldest children must take care of the younger.» —“AIDS Documentaries Want You To Fight Back” by Brian Gibson Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Nov. 30, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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