1.5. That would be my extended family. Calculated it on the way to the good doctor this morning. My son (1), my ex-wife (0.5). That would be it. Brother? Never really a factor, started weak, ended non-existent. Mom? Dead, except for the bad reruns. Dad? He made his choice obvious...he has a family of one and that would be the new wife. Sorry, but selling the house and moving without telling your son is not a familial action. So that's it. No aunts, uncles, etc. Zip.
Part of me desperately wants to create/embrace an extended family. But it is a foreign concept. My house was on fire, then almost destroyed by a wind storm. Quite visceral. All this churn over family, past and possible future. Too bad I only know the intellectual version of it. More will be revealed I suppose...
