S: Does your family have a record of your ancestors?

N: Sure. My mom has been working on our family tree for years. She's always updating it.

S: Do you have a copy of your family tree in your house? I'd love to see it.

N: I can show it to you now, if you like. I think it goes back about 8 generations so far.

S: That's amazing. Do you have a large extended family?

N: I've got 30 cousins on my mom's side and 10 cousins on my dad's side.

S: Are you very close to your first-cousins?

N: The ones that are my age are close relatives. Now that I'm older, I don't spend as much time with them as I used to, so I don't know my younger cousins as well as the older ones.

S: I see. Who's the head of your household?

N: It's definitely my mother. And, her mother is definitely the matriarch of the bigger family.

S: That's interesting. What does your grandmother think of your step-mother?

N: At first, she was quite critical of her, but now that they've been married for a few years, she's starting to accept the fact that my father divorced my mother.

S: That's pretty much how you feel about your step-mother. Like grandmother, like grandson!