| Genre: | Telenovela |
| Creator: | Miguel Sabido |
| Director: | Pedro Damián Karina Duprez |
| Music: | Belén-Teresa Oller |
| Opentheme: | "Los hijos de nadie" by Rossie Montenegro |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 85 |
| Producer: | Esteban Osorio |
| Cinematography: | Alberto Cárdenas |
| Company: | Televisa |
| Network: | Canal de las Estrellas |
Los hijos de nadie (English title: Nobody's Children) is a Mexican juvenile telenovela produced by Irene Sabido for Televisa in 1997.[1] This telenovela was a way to raise awareness among society regarding the serious issue of street children. This telenovela was supported by UNICEF.
On February 24, 1997, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Los hijos de nadie weekdays at 5:00pm, replacing Luz Clarita. The last episode was broadcast on June 20, 1997 with El alma no tiene color replacing it the following Monday.
Silvia Derbez, Alpha Acosta, Ramón Abascal, and Rossie Montenegro starred as protagonists, while Yolanda Andrade starred as the main antagonist.
Doña Leonor lives happily with the only family she has; her daughter and her granddaughter. However, both are killed in a tragic accident, leaving Doña Leonor distraught. To combat her loneliness, she decides to be the mother figure for a group of street children.
Verónica is a noble young woman who loves entertaining the street children with her marionettes; this is in sharp contrast to Lucila Villarreal, who begins manifesting extreme hatred towards the children for a prank they pulled by ruining the cake on her wedding day. Lucila's hatred is so intense that she declares war on the children, particularly Rosi, and begins exploiting them and making their lives miserable. Little by little, her attacks intensify and rise to the level of cruelty; she also begins obsessing over Veronica's boyfriend Francisco and plots to separate him from Veronica.
In light of her hatred towards any children, Lucila becomes pregnant but then decides to abort the fetus, rendering her barren. Losing touch with reality, Lucila begins exhibiting a pattern of violent behavior, killing Lourdes and then framing Veronica for the murder to separate her from Francisco. As time passes and the truth is revealed, Lucila completely loses her sanity and begins wandering the streets of Mexico in her wedding dress, eventually making her way to Francisco and Veronica's wedding, where she is taken away and institutionalized. The street children are relieved at the removal of Lucila from their lives, and they celebrate the union of Francisco and Veronica, along with the new hope for a better future they have before them.