My father and his brothers were sent to a Norfolk City orphanage for boys so I know how difficult it can be to locate lost kinfolk.
For those interested

1870 Census Norfolk Co Norfolk City Ward 4 pg 102
all list are white and all children are listed as being born in Virginia with the exception of the Matron of the Asylum

Hudgin, Harriet age 60-W-born: Dist of Columbia
McCAY, Susan age 18
DENNIS, Laura age 18
ROGERS, Anna age 16
HOZIER, Martha age 14
FISHER, Sally age 15
CARR, Emma age 15
HEANISON, Cora age 14
"", Kuna age 13
HODGES, Fennis age 15
HALSTEAD, Connie age 12
PRISTON, Ida age 10
CHESHIM, Lizzie age 10
FORREST, Annie age
"", Maggie age 7
HAWKINS, Annie age 5
FARR, Julia age 10
BAKER, Florence age 9
MOSES, Mary age 12
WALLACE, Anne age 10
GROVES, Ellen age 8
"", Sarah age 8
MUNDY, Linda age 5
GREGORY, Molly age 8
JENKINS, Laura age 8
FISHER, Sanifoani? age 9
BAKER, Ann age 9
CUPFER, Martha age 17
HORRELL, Suda age 14
WILSON, Sue age 15
GRAY, Josefh age 10