Yeah, I have an 18-year-old step-daughter that's so much my kid that I most likely will legally adopt her sometime soon. That way if anything happens to me, she'll get my Social Security death benefit et al. I've been more her dad these last nine years than her bio-father ever even tried to be. I nearly lost her twice to really bad decisions, so having her back in my life means a lot to me. When I move sometime next spring, she'll live with me...
You've reminded me that I need to buy a part to fix my stick blender.