Tilda Swinton

I spent a lot of time thinking that I was some kind of foundling, that I had been a changeling, that I had been found under a bush somewhere, and that I couldn't possibly be kin - but the more I live, the more I feel absolutely like I come out of my family. I'm a sort of strange natural progression.

English Actress

Lady Bird Johnson

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

American First Lady

Originally referred to foundlings cared for at charitable institutions during earlier centuries.

Historical Usage

'Foundling' can evoke emotions of sympathy and a sense of responsibility to help the abandoned.

Modern Associations

Foundlings often appear in literature as characters with mysterious or noble hidden origins.

Cultural References

 and females will actually fight over orphans in the end there's no chance that one female can raise a foundling by herself