welll i saw that they were getting into orc history in the histiry of middle earth but i haven't reached that book yet
but i seeeeeee no reason why they dont have orc families
orcs may live somewhere else in tribes or something and thats probably where the females are........well unless orcs are asexual or soemthing
Tolkein was vague on the subject except in one way.
He explained that what most thought of Mordor as a very dead place, were wrong, that it had life, but that life had been twisted by such an Evil presence.
Among this life included Orc towns around the lake in Mordor...and they were his slaves...so obviously the orcs had families...or they'd have no reason to be controlled (as they'd exist just to serve sauron).
But when the party crosses into Mordor they see that all the fortifications are to keep people in...
In the history there are four different suggestions where the orcs may have come from...
1. made of stone by morgoth
2. elves caught by morgoth (but then why arent they immortal? and why is being an orc inherited?)
3. kinda animals...
4. MEN.
nr 4 is my fav... kinda says the same as 2 as tolkien suggests that men might be elves that werent faithful to their kind...
I think they had a family (except perhaps sarumans halforcs 😄 ) but that didnt matter and they just lived in big hoards.
orcs have family. hold on I'll get the link
http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.htm?http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/h/hobbits.html