Rob's Parents Divorced When He Was Three Years Old

Multiple Choice

Rob's parents divorced when he was three years old. His mother remarried, and after another three years he had a sibling, Simon. They have always been very close. When the family moved to another town and they started at a new school, Alice said to Rob: "Why does your brother look nothing like you?" When Rob explained that they had the same mother but different fathers, Alice asked: "So is he your real brother?" Rob and Simon were hurt and offended. What should Alice have understood?

A) Asking family members whether someone is "real" wrongly implies that other family members are fake or that they don't belong.
B) It is not difficult to define what a family is.
C) Sometimes, a sibling is also a friend.
D) Membership of a family depends on DNA.