Serious non political question:

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11. Awww, tavernier, remember that siblings are regular people, too.

People can be good, bad, quiet, loud, responsive, mad, sad, happy, and so on. I love my siblings and care about them, but we don't really talk all that much outside of holidays. Other people, as posters have mentioned above, end up estranging their siblings because they don't agree with the people they become. The exact same thing can happen with parents, too. Sometimes not good people have children. Many people find friends who are not related at all who are *like* siblings to them, and others latch on to a cousin or other distant relative whom they identify with more.

I think you should be proud of the fact that you fostered in your children the ability to care such that it manifests in such a strong way in how they feel toward each other. What that means for you is that you can know that they have a companion who will be with them through it all because of their great relationship that you helped to nurture.

I also suspect, given the self-reflection evident in this post, and the empathy shown toward your children, that you've fostered some amazing relationships over the years, whether they are blood or not. And that's what it's really all about.