As the younger sibling, Forest Green Rovers full-back Joseph Mills has always seemed to follow his brother Matt through the professional game.
The pair were both in the Southampton youth system, while 29-year-old Joseph played for both Reading and Doncaster after Matt had left each club.
To continue the theme, Joseph is the subject of this week's Sky Bet EFL Q&A, three seasons after Matt was featured while at Nottingham Forest.
Joseph Mills is the subject of this week's Sky Bet EFL Q&A and spoke about a range of topics
Where their stories have differed is that it was Joseph who took the first footballing step abroad, spending two seasons with Australian A League side Perth Glory and then encouraging Matt to sign for Indian side Pune City.
Joseph admits the experience Down Under improved him as a player and a person, something that has been evident this season as Forest Green push for a Sky Bet League Two play-off berth.
Describe yourself on the pitch in 3 words.
Determined. Attacking. Hard-working.
Describe yourself off the pitch in 3 words.
Reserved. Laid-back. Dad.
Best moment of your career so far?
Going abroad and experiencing a different way of football - with Perth Glory. My brother Jonathan lives out there. I've got three older brothers and Jonathan moved out there to live nine years ago. He was in contact with the assistant manager at the time who knew of me and Matt, who was still playing in England. The link came through there and there was an opportunity a few years ago, but I was enjoying football in England and progressing.
Then it came again and I had a young family, so we decided to go out there and try something new.
The two biggest challenges football-wise were the heat and the travel. The Australian season runs pretty much parallel to the English season, but in December and January over there, you are playing in temperatures close to 40 degrees, which is a bit of a different challenge. We had one game in Adelaide postponed by an hour and a half because it was physically too hot to play in.
And the travel, every away game is at least three-and-a-half hours on a plane. That makes it harder for Perth to attract players because there's a lot more media attention on the Sydney and Melbourne teams, although this year Perth are flying so they are getting a bit more.
Mills admitted that moving to Australia had been one of the best decisions of his career
The experience has made me a better player. It showed me a different way of looking at football and as a person both on and off the pitch, it made me grow up quicker. That experience was something that was good to bring back to England.
In England, being a professional footballer can consume every bit of your day, from the moment you wake up to the moment you go home, whereas over there it showed me that while it is massively important, it's also important to enjoy time away from football. And also being away from family and friends, coming back here it taught me to appreciate that side a bit more as well.
Football can easily get too much on top of you over here. In Australia, I wasn't playing my own game with thoughts of 'What if this?, What if that?' I was more enjoying it and living in the present.
Who is the hardest opponent you have faced?
When I was just starting off at Southampton when I was very young, we had a pre-season friendly against Ajax and Luis Suarez was playing. It was just before he got his move to Liverpool. He was a cut above the rest, even in a friendly. His hunger to win every ball, his determination and then his quality as well. Straightaway you could tell he was going to be a top, top player.
Ajax had an unbelievable team back then as well, but even so in a pre-season friendly, they were completely at it.
It didn't surprise me when Suarez did so well at Liverpool. His movement was clever, not only with the ball, but off the ball as well. You'd keep an eye on him, face the ball and then before you knew it, he'd make a dart and run in behind you, so it needed constant concentration for the whole 90 minutes.
Mills believes Luis Suarez is the toughest opponent he's ever faced on the football pitch
Most embarrassing moment in football?
Nothing massively springs to mind, but probably playing against my brother
