Do you normally create a version of your own family?

I do have a Simself, but I mostly create other people. I'm a writer (with a day job) and creating characters is fun!

My first Sim was an adorable pet-loving lesbian author. (I do write and love pets, but I am not Amanda.) I made her a girlfriend in IT, a gamer girl.

My second Sims were a gay couple, a pair of artsy loners. One was a painter and the other was a writer. Of course they also had a kitty.

My third Sims were an Oceans Eight inspired Sim named Debbie that I gave the Master of Mischief aspiration and made her a hacker (because even though there was a heist pack in a survey, there is currently no way to do heists in game.) Her gamer wife quit to become a gardener when I realized how much money that made LOL.

I started doing families then, and initially they were supposed to be the family for my Sim that I didn't play so I just grabbed a bunch of random Sims, but I fell in love with them. My Super Sim, I created her Mom and then used genetics to create a toddler to be my Super Sim.

I've also played Leverage and What We Do in the Shadows (the vampire pack is really very versatile for playing different kinds of vamps, I gave Colin deprive needs and the one that makes people pass out and perfect sun resistance, sadly he does need to drink plasma packs)... But mostly I just make random Sims.