I have a dead father too, but he died when I was three, so I really don't view my dad now as a "stepfather," since I have known him for 32 years and he has been a father in every sense.
My bio dad's family occasionally contacts me because my name is on the web from all the music stuff. Kinda weird; they're like a sort of "shadow family" that I have never really known (bio dad was sort of the black sheep and I didn't really have any contact with that part of my family aside from my Great Grandmother who died when I was 16). They seem nice enough, but they're kind of like friendly strangers to me since I didn't grow up with them at all...
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