#ngl it's appropriate that myrddin wyllt was a mad prophet because that's prob an apt description for me

[myrddin-wylt]

no, you know what, I am NOT making this stupidly overly complicated again. 99% of the nations aren't actually biologically related to each other and the terms they use to describe each other - like father, sister, friend, lover - are entirely social.

as far as biology goes, nations are born to totally random, completely mortal human parents and there is absolutely no sign of them being anything but a mortal human until you realize your three year old child is still physically a newborn who can't raise their head. there is no pattern, explanation, or sign, it just fucking happens and it usually upsets everyone involved and the nations never actually meet their biological parent(s) because they're still babies by the time the parent(s) die of old age. this is the simplest solution I can come up with aside from waving my writer's wand like magic and please don't look behind the curtain.