Value a fair person more than your relatives. Antisthenes
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Euripides
Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values. Ralph Ellison
It is only when someone kills a madman that people will know he has relatives. Rwandan Proverb
Better one true friend than a hundred relatives. Italian Proverb
Anyone who urinates in a stream should be warned because any of his relatives may drink from the water. Nigerian Proverb