Yup; just like the saying: "you can choose your friends, but not your family"..
I only see them twice a year: at Thanksgiving and again at Christmas.
Or if someone has a graduation.
That is all the contact I have with them for the year. I am talking about one side of the family. They never call, etc...so I take it as it is...
I really do not mind staying home on T-day; but this would not be the year to do so. When my Aunt is gone, the family will break apart...never to be seen or heard from again. And I have a cousin who lives in the same City as I do! Her Adult daughter lives not far from me either.
That is how it is with people....