We think he's from the visible side of the family.

Hmmm...this implies, of course that the OTHER side of your family is invisible or ethereal or trascendental. And since "side of the family" implies lineage through one or the other of two parents, you seem to be saying that your parents were one mortal, and one ethereal or invisible -- perhaps a holy ghost, or a visiting Olympian figure, or an alien from another dimension, or an aery sprite of some sort out to do mischief and spread seed among other realms?

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