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"ref": "2011, Simon Fowler, Family History: Digging Deeper",
"text": "[…] orphanages sent tens of thousands of children to start new lives in the overseas dominions, particularly Australia and Canada. Some 100,000 children were sent to Canada alone, and about a quarter of all Canadians have a home child on their family tree.",
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