Isn't *everyone* our cousin seventeen times removed?

Indeed. And I wonder if there's a way to have the dome expand in such a way that it takes on more people (rather than, say, nudge them outward). Of course, it's a wasteland out there at the moment, so…

Indefinite Article Wolverine

It's all a molecular-gastronomy experiment by aliens. Lift up the cloche and fragrant smoke comes out.