no 1 person can say what family is, it is different thingsto different people & no one can speak for all,so what i'm about to say should be taken not as what family is, but only as 1 mans opinion of what it seems like to me. rainbow is a self governing, tribal nation, with no borders, no leaders, (except every single person alive is a leader of rainbow) itsa nation without borders that exists within all nations, its a global family that recognises the sameness of all people instead of concentrating on the differences. its the dream of a near utopian society realized. a nd it very well maybe a true hope for real global peace someday. itsway more then that..but like i said this is just 1 mans opinion and your personal experience may differ.