It's kind of odd how that's not really explored all that often.

You can always see lessons about how family is so important or how… cough friendship is magic cough… But not much about the in-between.

The woman who adopted you and raised you means a lot more than the woman you've never met who happened to give birth to you.

To quote Garterbelt: "Family are the strangers you live with. Friends are the family you choose."