foundling

\FOWND-ling\, noun:A deserted or abandoned infant; a child found without a parent or caretaker.

"Dis is my wife, Maureen; but down at the dock, we call 'er da Foundling Factory."

"Eventually, the Groundlings outlasted its rival improv troupe, the Foundlings, whose main concept--'Comedy Without a Sense of Belonging or Personal Identity'-- never really took off."