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True, but: If one relay disappears for a while then the family may break into two if it was the only joint.
For the family (see #6662): 3cce3a91f6a625~8DE5 bc1245cbe16d5ee9b2~2D25 the connecting relay was down since 2012-04-04 and still karsten created the family in this case, but I'm not sure if karsten used more descriptors as would usually be available to an ordinary tor client. https://metrics.torproject.org/relay-search.html?search=%24A0EA6A3D1B4D30F50... one more example: A: B, C, E (A is the connecting central node) B: A C: A D: A, B, C, D E: A family = A, B, C, E -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF4EAREKAAYFAlA2jskACgkQyM26BSNOM7aoqwD+JossIuqs3Zps9NYLF/lrK2XS DG7CaenEFNdsWN9mwVEA/3I3uH6YAiN2MMVR7od5yUAcgDYssmg5tlFm6lQfyJk5 =Z7DY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----