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If you have no one, discovering you have someone—and possibly even a whole undiscovered side of your extended family—makes a transformational difference. I heard of a social worker in Glasgow who was working with a young girl who had been in care; she discovered that she was the girl’s second cousin. It completely transformed their relationship: no longer was it between a social worker and a girl in care; it was between two members of a family. Their relationship blossomed after that.