Uncle to 6 nephews and one niece, in two batches of four nephews/two nephews+niece.
I'm very close to my youngest nephew (hah - he's 30) from the first batch, who is great fun and has a similar bizarre sense of humour to me; get on reasonably well with the three others who are very NT and often very loud.
The two other nephews from the second batch I rarely see but it's Ok when I do, and if I see my niece (who I barely know) more than once a year it's unusual.
Strange thing is that, apart from the nephew I get on really well with, there's no sense of family; always the "on the outside, observing" thing.
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