Cousin Quote by Natalie Perry

Society will always call me a stepmom...but in our house, in our family, we remove the 'step.' We really are all...simply family.

— LeAnn Rimes

“Modern families are complicated things. Siblings, half siblings, stepparents, stepcousins, what have you. You can't pick who you're born to, that's for sure.”

— Cherie Priest

Some family members are only members who try to become family the moment you've made your way to the top!

— Michael Campbell

I have three older brothers, and we all have different combinations of parents. My father was the best man at my mom's first wedding!…

— Inara George

“I believe that a family's still a family not matter if you have two people or ten, no matter if you're raised by a…

— Natalie Lloyd

“If he had another brother he would call him. But for a brother he has only Jerry and Jerry has only him. For a…

— Philip Roth

Even if I married your moms, you still wouldn't step son.

— Mode 9

To tell you the truth, in the old Jewish shtetls, if your husband died, sometimes they'd have you marry the brother, and my grandparents…

— Amy Heckerling

“Note: 'family' does NOT only mean a biological unit composed of people who share genetic markers or legal bonds, headed by a heterosexual-mated pair.…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

With my stepson, it is very important to me that there is no drama around the fact that he has two families.

— Allegra Huston

I have a weird definition of family; it's not the same as everyone else's.

— Lil Peep

“Just because we're related, doesn't mean we're family.”

— Steve Maraboli