Neighbors and Relatives

It doesn't bother me in the least that my neighbors and casual acquaintances do not engage me where I live.  I expect such relations to be superficial and conventional.  But I expect more from relatives even though this expectation is irrational.

I have no trouble accepting that propinquity is no guarantee of spiritual affinity.  Why then do I suppose that consanguinity should be such a guarantee?

Blood is thicker than water, but for a Luftmensch,  pneuma is what counts.