This was obviously planned, but was planned privately so came as a surprise to the rest of us – albeit an exciting one. He and his partner Craig have been together for 14 years and one day announced they were having a child with close friends of theirs: Cathy and Merelyn, a lesbian couple. Our unlikely expansion began with my second-eldest brother, Chris. Where the story gets really interesting, however, is how we have turned this freak of genetic nature, something that had the potential to divide us, into our greatest strength. He is married with two girls, Josie and Mary.
The eldest of the boys flies the sole straight flag for the brothers. We are just an average family in many ways: we are what you would call middle class, live in the suburbs and get along well but with just the right amount of dysfunction to make things interesting. I am the youngest, then there’s Michael, Chris and Stephen. My parents Trish and Tony have four boys. Let me start by introducing you to my family.
