I don't know. I wouldn't say misfortune running in the Thornapple family is a necessarily a bad thing. The misfortune the family sees is mostly spilled liquids, flat tires, and constant junk mail and telemarketer calls. Brutus has a decent job that makes enough money to pay for a decent house, keep his wife from working, keep the lights on, and buy two weeks worth of groceries every couple of weeks. That doesn't sound like misfortune to me.
