Similar attitudes when it came to their siblings definitely made it easier to get along and be close. Yes, as children, she, Elijah and Finn had always been close just because of age. But the similar attitudes and all did lend to make them close even with the years apart because of life and work.
A family dinner could be... interesting. Just the siblings? Easy and fine. But if it extended to the parents? Well.... Klaus and Kol wanted nothing to do with their parents, Freya was still fielding calls from the opening of Pimpernel Outreach and it was hard to say where Finn stood these days. But that was neither here no there. So her glass was raised.