We are all given (issued) a starter family. For many, that is good enough. Then there are those of us who create a bespoke family that we maintain far more diligently than the one we started out with.

You are blessed to know these people and they are too for having you. :-)

They love you for who you are because you earned it, not because you were born into the unit. I think that matters far more.

They say a man is judged by the company he keeps. With that said, Well Done You!