One interesting footnote:
We'd been trying to tell our family about the things we'd learnt and they were at the stage of still just about talking to us.
When my "newly appointed if ever there was proof that it wasn't done by holy spirit" elder brother in law Louis Lynch arrived, the first thing he asked was "So, did you have blood?"
This is the same guy who called round at the house and before saying hello wanted to know if we believed "the governing body are Jehovahs spirit appointed representatives". Sheesh.
I'm glad he's in the truth and I hope he never leaves. He deserves it, ha ha ha.