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'''Brigid Maturin''' is the only child of [[Stephen Maturin]] and [[Diana Villiers|his wife Diana]]. She was born while Maturin was at sea. As a baby and young child, she is very unresponsive to other people, some readers consider this a form of autism. This behaviour causes her mother Diana, to abandon her to the care of [[Clarissa Oakes (character)|Clarissa Oakes]] and [[Patrick Colman|Padeen Colman]] as she feels unable to be a mother to such an un usual child.

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