Fanon talk:Esomena Protogena/@comment-4845883-20120313200251/@comment-11491781-20140505213408

Noncommitted relationship just means that Sam loved Hypatia, Vampire!Leighton loved Lysistrata, and Artie loved Stratonike, and Euridike had a crush on Pompeius, but due to the Ecclesiarchy rules, they never did anything more than hugging, slight flirting, or a shy kiss. So no more than boyfriend\girlfriend. No fianceès or marriages unless it's political (But then, Artie's just a black homeless guy with no apparent family ties, and the Sekemotos are pretty middle-class-ish, at least at start of a new game. Political marriages only done in royal families or people richer than the Bunches.)

And right, the Ecclesiarchy only considers disciplehood, Demetrios-like adoption, imaginary friends turned real, SimBots, cloning, and time-travel kids. Regular offspring like the Sekemotos being a grandma with a son and a grandson would not be considered "related" by the Ecclesiarchy. You two were siblings before joining? Now your surnames are based on disciplehood of two diff. people\houses and you two are not siblings anymore! And le such.

But since their surnames are all based on their hometowns, maybe people that join from Sunset Valley would be Yumia Sunseitia\Leitonii Sunseitis, ones that join from Riverwiew would be Odinus Riverianos\Ereíkia Riverianae (nè the Crosby's) and so on. You do not have to be Greek or even hail from Europe to join the Ecclesiarchy, so...