Awww...*offers congratulations and wishes of good luck to Shannon*. I really am starting to get the impression that The Trans runs in families, given how many trans people I know with trans siblings. (I don't recall if you identify as trans, or just non-cis, but either way, it supports the pattern.)

And wow; I continue to be amazed by how nice your blood family sounds like it is, and am glad you had such a good Thanksgiving!