Familial Relationships

We all have different definitions and experiences of family. Karis Lee describes how living in the Middle East changed her and her family’s understanding of that word: “When my family and I moved to the Middle East, ‘family ties’ took on a whole new meaning for me. I could not believe how many students at my school knew how their aunt’s grandfather’s brother was so-and-so’s grandmother’s nephew’s in-law. Every weekend, one of my best friends would have family ‘reunions’ with her extended fami...