One ironic fact about Europe’s north-south relative poverty gap is that lack of wealth tends to make families stay together. Offspring remain at home longer, frequently not being able to afford to move out until they are in their late 20s. Old people are not so easily parked in “homes.” Generalizing, in Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy, family life probably runs deeper and longer than in the “better-off” north. Southerners fight and fall out like all families, but they tend to stick together against fate and the outside world. In Spanish hospitals, doctors have to push through ranks of relatives to get near the patient. Old people often die in the house now run by their children; before doing so, they are needed to mind grandchildren while both parents work. If a family member is depressed, he or she can find comfort and care in-house rather than paying a fee to talk to a professional. These qualities add up to a larger sense of solidaridad. As organ donors, Spaniards are unsurpassed in Europe; typically they respond generously to fund raisers.