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'A Collective Plural:
Descendants of Lawrence Arthur Schuster & Mary Patricia Reynolds. Like "Pride of Lions", or more accurately, "Rumpus of Baboons" A "Booster of Schusters" is the collective plural of a tightly knit group that originated from six homo sapiens. Three male and three female, all six shared the non-gender specific moniker of "siblings". As each sibling matured they became six unique and distinct personalities. As each sibling mated, they created 6 their own Schuster Offshoots

Origin of Booster as Collective Plural
As the Corona Virus crisis accelerated in the winter of 2020, it was devised as an umbrella identity to brand and encourage the Booster to connect, communicate and Care for each other.

Defining Characteristics
They all share some inescapable common bonds that manifest most strongly when gathered in a group. This behavior is at times positive, productive and nurturing. On the other hand they share behavior that is perceived by outsiders as aberrant, dysfunctional, and often disturbing. However, evidence seems to show that it's oddly necessary to the Booster self-identity.

Current Booster of Schusters
In common parlance, the first generation is defined as an "Immediate Family": Their mates, their offspring, and the offspring of their off-spring. This extended family all either share the combined genetic make-up of its two progenitors.

Progenitors & Partners
Lawrence (d) 20017 and Mary Pat Schuster nee Reynolds(d 2004)

Married 1950 - Divorced 19??

Lawrence Schuster & Marcy Burroughs

Partners 19?? to 2017

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Sibs and Spouses, Nibs & Niblings
5/6ths mated for life in the traditional heterosexual model. 1/6th of the siblings, who was homosexual, mated twice.

Joe & Jane Falcone nee Schuster

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Schuster Booster Defining Traits

As the original "siblings" or Sibs matured and mated, the family unit grew in number while it grew apart. Distance and disinterest combined and seemed at times to lessen the ties that bind. However, the mating rituals demanded the presence of all siblings, mates, and offspring. These almost annual gatherings reinforced the "Schuster Dynamic". Until recently, the siblings, their mates, and offspring identified as "a Family". As the offspring of each sibling grew to adulthood, the magnetism of the Schuster DNA resulted in a close-knit and connected group identified as "cousins" or "Niblings" shortened to Nibs. Niblings are now the third generation of offspring.

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