See my thread, Joe. Whole family falling apart on me just when I'm getting well, yikes. Guess it's Providence so that I am well enough to be off some help.
You are right, what is important is the ones you love and the rest is all what we do to pay the light bill.
On another note..
My sister decided to send her DNA off to Ancestry.com which is good because the THEORY us we have same parents, lol, and we have always been told we have Irish, English, and Native American lineage ... will be interesting to find out.