Fern Schumer Chapman and her brother were only 2 1/2 years apart in age, but they were never close as children. As they grew up, the distance yawned between them: Phone calls went unreturned. When ...

“Siblings by chance, best friends by choice,” the cliché goes. But ask real people about their own family dynamics, and their reactions will probably vary. Some siblings are inseparable, talking daily ...