Was thinking about this the other day... my wife has been trying to connect more with out-of-state relatives due to Covid-19. Many are older, and she is not sure when she will be able to travel again with the virus apparently planning to stick around for a long time. She says family is recognizing the importance of family more, and she asked me why I don't connect with any of my family members outside of my parents and my sister and her family. Aside from my extended family being much smaller, my parents were never close enough with their siblings, cousins, and such to foster a close relationship between them and me. So while they are my family, I feel more of a familial connection to my neighbors, as my kids play with their kids almost every day. I have no connection with my cousins on my mom's side. I only saw them on Thanksgiving growing up, and haven't seen them in 30 years.