Yeah. Sort of. [ Desmond shrugs.] Altaïr and Connor are my distant relatives. I don't know if you've met them, Connor is a giant block of muscle so it's hard to miss when you meet him, and Altaïr's been apparently adopting everyone in sight. Which isn't at all a surprise.

[ Desmond and Altaïr in particular looked related, but it was normally only noticeable when they were standing next to each other. ] That's good a friend is here with you. Did they know about the alien thing before?