He might just need a tissue. Recalling the past, 57-year-old “Modern Family” star Ty Burrell paints a picture of a small family — mom, dad, two boys — who’d had enough of the big city.

The Gochman Family Collection’s origins, in fact, trace back to Forge Project, now a Native-led initiative situated on the unceded homelands of the Moh-He-Con-Nuck in Upstate New York.

This family is still intact. After fans thought Ty Burrell, 57, who played the beloved Dunphy family patriarch, Phil, on “Modern Family” had died, he reflected on where that rumor started.