Beholder
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Yep, Alpha Flight is part of the X-Men family because they got started in X-Men books.
The Avengers were standalone books (Cap, Iron Man, Hulk) that were merged into a team.
The Guardians were....their own completely separate book that spawned partly due to the popularity of 1960s science fiction.
Here's the original GotG as they appeared in 1969. Only one of them appears in the movie...you can probably guess which one.
Still strange thinking of the Punisher as part of Spider-Mans family. I tend to think of him separate, same world obviously, but just my way of looking at things.