Most all these folks were trailer trash. Kitty is the top of the lot. There's no doubt they were step related. No blood there. I don't see how Kitty outlived her childhood, but I'm glad she did.
My folks are 91 and 89, and they still get around pretty good, but as my dad says, "It's only a matter of time, to be brutally honest...."
But I haven't spoken to my asshole sister in over 25 years now, so when "that day" comes, my wife has agreed to step-in and act as an intermediary between the two of us. Thankfully she (my sister) has done pretty well for herself (or so I've heard), and she's not a hoarder, or greedy, so maybe things will go smoothly.