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* ''Literature/TheKingdomKeepers'': Maybeck lives with his aunt Jelly. When Finn questions him on where his parents are, he only responds that they "aren't around," prompting Finn to drop the issue.
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* ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAForest'': At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Michelle's uncle Cornelius has to start raising her due to her parents dying in a gas leak.]]
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* Zigzagged in "Giess Who's KnottComing toDinner." The gang stops at Moody Manor where detective Homer Pipsqueak (Don Knotts) mistakes them for the nieces and nephews of Captain Moody, who has gone missing.

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* ** Zigzagged in "Giess "Guess Who's KnottComing toDinner.Knott Coming to Dinner." The gang stops at Moody Manor where detective Homer Pipsqueak (Don Knotts) mistakes them for the nieces and nephews of Captain Moody, who has gone missing.
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* Zigzagged in "Giess Who's KnottComing toDinner." The gang stops at Moody Manor where detective Homer Pipsqueak (Don Knotts) mistakes them for the nieces and nephews of Captain Moody, who has gone missing.
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* ''Literature/EmilyOfNewMoon'': Emily goes to live with her aunt Elizabeth, aunt Laura, and cousin Jimmy after her father dies (her mother also died long before the start of the first book).

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* ''Literature/EmilyOfNewMoon'': Emily goes to live with her strict aunt Elizabeth, aunt Laura, and cousin Jimmy Elizabeth after her father dies (her mother also died long before the start of the first book).



* In the novel'' People Might Hear You '' by Robin Klein, the main character Frances lives with her Aunt Loris.

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* In the novel'' People novel ''People Might Hear You '' You'' by Robin Klein, the main character Frances lives with her Aunt Loris.
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* ''Film/BreakingTheGirls'': Sara's father abandoned her as a child. Then her mother died, so she lived with her aunt.
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* In ''Literature/MaidenCrown'', Princess Sophie was raised by her paternal uncle Oleg, who took charge of her care after her mother left her behind to remarry.
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* ''Literature/{{Impossible Creatures|2023}}'': Mal was raised by her great aunt after her parents died.
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* In Garrison Keillor's ''Literature/WLTARadioRomance'', a boy named Francis With, after his father dies in a railroad accident and his mother gets sent to a mental institution, gets sent to live with his uncle, who works as a salesman for popular Minneapolis radio station WLT. As a teen, Francis starts working at the station as a gofer, and eventually becomes an indispensable fixture at the station. Changing his name to Frank White, he moves on to television after the golden age of radio ends, and eventually becomes a TV network news anchor.

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* In Garrison Keillor's ''Literature/WLTARadioRomance'', a boy named Francis With, after his father dies in a railroad accident and his mother gets sent to a mental institution, gets sent to live with his uncle, who works as a salesman for popular Minneapolis radio station WLT. As a teen, Francis starts working at the station as a gofer, and eventually becomes an indispensable fixture at the station. Changing his name to Frank White, he moves on to television after the golden age of radio MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfRadio ends, and eventually becomes a TV network news anchor.
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* ''VideoGame/AnotherCode'': Ashley is raised by her Aunt Jessica. This is initially because Ashley's dad, her older brother Richard, faked his death for a decade, but later is the result of him remaining perpetually absent even after he re-enters his daughter's life.

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* ''VideoGame/AnotherCode'': Ashley is raised by her Aunt Jessica. Jessica, who is her father Richard's younger sister. This is initially because Ashley's dad, her older brother Richard, Richard faked his death for a decade, but later is once he reenters Ashley's life, we learn in the result of him remaining perpetually absent even after he re-enters his daughter's life.second game that she remained under Jessica's care while Richard has tried (and failed) to make regular weekend visits.
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* ''Series/StrangerThings'': Eddie lives with his Uncle Wayne and it's never mentioned what happened to his parents. The most we get is an aside by Eddie that his dad taught him how to hotwire cars to steal, so it's implied at least one of his parents may be in jail due to criminal activity.
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** Bruce DOES have another maternal uncle in Jacob Kane, father of his cousin Kate Kane (who's Batwoman), but the two rarely interact and aren't implied to have ever been close at all.

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** Bruce DOES have another maternal uncle in Jacob Kane, father of his cousin Kate Kane (who's Batwoman), but the two rarely interact and aren't implied to have ever been close at all. Jacob later catches a case of EvilUncle and ArchnemesisDad.
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* ''Fanfic/FromPorcelainToIvoryToSteel'': Downplayed. [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Terrence D'Arby]] isn't the official guardian of his nephew Amr[[note]]The boy that was helping Daniel D'Arby cheat in poker in the manga and its adaptations[[/note]], but he keeps an eye on him more than Amr's dead father [[RelatedInTheAdaptation Daniel]] and [[PapaWolf is more willing to stand up for Amr against threats]], even against [[KnightOfCerebus Vanilla Ice]].

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