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In a non-dysfunctional family. All of my cousins are bums! My wife's cousins are awesome though, and so are my brother-in-law's.

I think they’re just called functional?

You at least get to see what's out there, and how to do it wrong. Perhaps role model has too positive of a connotation to use here.

Role-models yes, for sure. But good role models? That's the tricky part :)

It was an older cousin who introduced me to computers, and sparked my passion for technology.

That’s a function of smaller families and parents delaying children until ~30+, one of my siblings was in collage when another was born.

Sure that’s an unusually wide range today, but if you trace family trees you can find many examples of aunts and uncles who are younger than their nieces and nephews.