i dont know what a functional or dysfunctional family is or is not, but my family is one of very different drives, visions, beliefs, ambitions and views and values and cultures and races and motivations, and there is sufficient respect for each other , and a sense of abiding dignity, even though we can all be bizarrely driven, in each other's terms, from time to time...but As we go along... we are less driven, and just drive ourselves...and we can drive ourselves home...because somehow We know where and what home is.