Me: Are you an orphan?
Boy: Yeah, what gave me away?
Me: ....ur parents.
Orphan Status
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The joke plays on the typical way someone might respond to being asked if they're an orphan. The kid asks what "gave it away," implying there was some obvious sign. But the answer is the obvious sign that they don't have parents, which is that they are orphans.