30 Family Memes That Don't Fall Far From the Tree (October 16, 2023)

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

Oct 16, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

Family gatherings are equal parts fun, mayhem, and ridicule. We've all sat at the dinner table with family, knowing that we're the target for the next jab or joke– but that's just what families do. We make fun and we're open about our struggles and problems, because we know that our siblings, cousins, parents, and grandparents will likely be there for us either way. They watched us grow up through our terrible twos, our emo phase, and our anti-work hippie era and they'll sit on the sidelines of our lives until the end of our days. They say it takes an army to raise a kid and luckily your army is the largest in the land.

That's the great thing about family– no matter how much you bicker and battle each other, the cyclical ways of our genetic code swing us right back around the wheel of time, and straight into the arms of a loved one. So whether your family is genetic or your family is the one you've chosen, know that they're always there for you, even when you dye your hair black on a whim or need a ride to the airport.