A reminder (ht, the Western Confucian) of the universality of Confucian ethics and thought.  This is from a story on descendants of Confucius gathering at Qufu for Qingming: 

     James Kong, 14, stood out in the crowd. The
79th-generation descendant of Confucius, born and brought up in
Britain, does not speak Chinese but has learned the English renditions
of the "Analects of Confucius".

    "Confucius said ‘it is always a
pleasure to greet a friend from afar’", he said as he quoted his
ancestor. "I’m proud to be his descendant."

    His mother Jenny Kong, a blonde
British woman who married a descendant of Confucius, has her own
interpretation of Confucian thought. The world would be a peaceful and
harmonious place if everyone behaves in line with the Confucian ideas,
she said.

    "To honor Confucius is not just a
formality," said master of ceremony Kong Zhong, also a descendant of
the sage. "His thought, like a code of conduct, still applies today, to
Chinese and Westerners alike."

 And here is the picture:

     Would the Master approve?  I think so:

A sorrowful Szu-ma Niu said: "People all have brothers and I have none."

"I have heard," said Adept Hsia, "that life and death are matters of destiny, that wealth and renown are matters of Heaven.  If the noble-minded are reverent and leave nothing amiss, if they are humble toward others and observe Ritual – then all within the four seas will be their brothers.  So how can you grieve over having no brothers?"   Analects, (12.5)

      And if, today, we understand noble-mindedness as not bound by gender, then it is an easy step from "all men are brothers" to "all people are due the respect of family members."