Great Aunt Ellen Klienke who had all brothers and no sisters. She took care of her family when her mother passed away and about a year later her father passed away leaving her at the age of 15 almost 16 to care for her younger siblings. Although they all went their separate ways they always managed to get together for a family reunion.
Family reunions are the time to reunite with family members you haven't seen in a long while, and to meet distant cousins you might have never known existed.
Sometimes, because of busy lives, adoptions, or the nomadic nature of people, families are separated - for a year, or a decade, or more. Or fights among siblings or generations divide a family. And so...
My mother is Pamela Thompson. My dad is Richard William Russell. My mom grew up in Fenwick Michigan. My dad grew up in Hart Michigan. They had 2 kids together. Living in Michigan. I have other Half siblings out there somewhere