Not really. I have a good family by nearly any standard, but it is not that close-knit beyond my immediate relatives, and none of them are people I would likely have chosen to get to know all that well if I didn't happen to be related to them. Which is not to say I'd have chosen to avoid them either, just that none of them are all that interesting to me as individuals.
Yes, as long as I remember to bring the earplugs to protect myself when the awful high-pitched baby talk happens. (Directed at actual children of course)
Well, kinda, but I don't really have any family left. My dad, sister, and grandma. That's about it. Everyone else is either dead or lives really far away.