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Lost and Alone

An orphan encounter offers help, leaving, or adopting the child. Review your dynasty and successor separately from social approval. Adoption is not proof that remarriage after widowhood has been fixed.

Early Access · current recordPatch context 0.4.5Checked 2026-09-27

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Narrative-only source record; no numeric outcome table has been independently verified.

Documented record

Situation: An orphan encounter offers help, leaving, or adopting the child.
Documented decision: Adoption is confirmed as an added feature in 0.4.5; the secondary event also discusses how other groups may view the choice.
Outcome certainty: No inferred probabilities; inspect current choice tooltip

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Review your dynasty and successor separately from social approval. Adoption is not proof that remarriage after widowhood has been fixed.

Connected records

Adoption and the remarriage workaround Children and family development Heirs and nomination Events register

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Official patch notes establish the shipped changes they name. Secondary figures remain attributed reference values until checked in the installed game.

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