The house of a childless person is a void, all directions are void to one who has no relatives, the heart of a fool is also void, but to a poverty stricken man all is void.

Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.

Those men who are happy in this world, who are generous towards their relatives, kind to strangers, indifferent to the wicked, loving to the good, shrewd in their dealings with the base, frank with the learned, courageous with enemies, humble with elders and stern with the wife.

No one cares about distant relatives nowadays. They went out of fashion years ago.

If they have relatives in the U.S., then they [the relatives] can petition for them to remain here in the U.S.. They may also be held as material witnesses in a criminal human-smuggling operation.

I have a theory of relatives, too. Don't hire 'em.