"Especially in television, the more that you're telling a story about a family, the better the show ends up being. And the family can be a family, a group of friends or the members of a starship. You're telling the story of relationships and how characters grow."

One could argue that Star Trek was about the family coming together and everyone finding their roles within the family unit. Granted, it still has nothing to do with the topic of JJ Abrams' pet themes but that's the argument that would be made.