HT204053 How do I know what password I have for iCloud?

Hi,
Somehow I happen to have I cloud on my phone, maybe I got it with a new version of the OS. Pictures on my phone "disappear" to iCloud.
But I never created any iCloud account, my phone wants to use the apple id but iCloud does not accept the password of my apple id!
What to do?
Britta S

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