My uncles

Ok, time for my uncles.

1. Oldest, is an absolute control FREAK. This is a running theme in my family. But he had his kids under an iron fist. He even had his step-kids under an iron fist. (This led to his divorce with their mother, sad.) I'm too young to really know his kids that much. But our few interactions aren't really that pleasant. I get the feeling that they don't want anything to do with this family. (Don't know how I feel about that.) I should add that my uncle is currently going through a revival of his faith. It's annoying as all hell, but it gives him comfort, so hey, can't be too bad.
2. Second oldest is the black sheep of the family. Literally. He's dark enough that he gets mistaken for a black guy a lot. I can't imagine what life was like for him under my grandfather's racist regime. He doesn't interact with the rest of the family much, but things are a lot better than before when they weren't on speaking terms. From my personal experience with him, he's something of a player. Dude can talk his way into and out of any situation. (And into and out of women's pants, judging by his track record of girlfriends) He's been nothing but nice to me though. He has one daughter and seemed to take a hands off approach to raising her. She married and moved to Connecticut. She has, by far, the most stable home out of the entire family.
3. This uncle also took a hands off approach to his kids. He's really talkative and excitable. He's also highly emotional. His oldest child is now a father and is trying his damndest to figure out how parenting works. He'll kill to protect his son, which leads me to think that he's already got it figured out. The oldest daughter just graduated from high school and is at community college. She keeps to herself and seems to be doing just fine. The youngest daughter is still in grade school, so I can't really comment on her personality just yet. She's adorable though.
4. This uncle is practically a father figure to me. He's always been there for me (quite literally. He's never lived more than two miles away from me.) However, he also subscribes to the overbearing parenting method. Even though my grandfather died when he was young, my uncle seems to be a nicer version of his dad. He has a three daughters and one son. The two youngest kids are constantly getting into trouble. (mostly due to their deadbeat mother's interference.)

So that's my family. I've left out my mother and my grandmother. Mostly because I live with them and I want to describe them a little more in depth. I'll wrap up this little arc in the next post.