Cat Behaviour 1

Today I was observing cat social behaviour from semi feral cats. One cat was my cat, Ori that is mostly domesticated and an indoor cat. The others were a group of kittens I found a few days ago. The mother cat seems to have had little to no human contact, but is probably about a year old. She is skinny and starving, so I leave food out for them everyday. I found it amazing and humbling that the mother cat lets her kittens eat first before she will have anything. There are 2 kittens, one a tortoise shell, like the mother, and the other is a black and white tabby. They are so adorable, but also very shy. I can already see personalities coming out in the kittens. The tabby is more outgoing and playful. It plays with nearly anything, from mothers' tail, to a pinecone, to a bit of string I left for them. The tortoiseshell kitten was missing yesterday, and seems to always be in the background, blending in with the bushes. He reminds me of Ori because he is scared of his own shadow. The mother cat herself seems with a little bit of encouragement could be a very social and well behaved cat. I really want to adopt the family, but I am taking it slow to gain their trust.
On the other hand though, I am trying to introduce Ori to other cats and slowly teaching him to be social around people. He is scared of everything except the family and my boyfriend. Anyone else, and he will dash so fast under the bed, all they see is a white blur. I think I have a special connection with cats, Ori was also found on our porch, and just by talking to him, he started to come over everyday. He merely enjoyed my company, and then we started to feed him and he became an impotant part of our family. The same is with this mother cat that I think I'm going to call Charlotte. I am not so sure how to socialize, or even get near the kittens. I think the first meeting went well though; Charlotte had been marking the whole front porch with her scent, and I believe when Ori went outside, he intruded upon her territory. She hissed at him, and he took a submissive posistion. Then the mother cat walked around a bit and back down stairs, then back upstairs and Ori hissed at her. At that point, Ori went back inside and I closed the door. The mother cat continued to mark her scent around the porch, but curiously wanted to go inside with Ori! I let her in a little bit, and she took a chance to run right next to Ori, who didn't move, but just looked at her. At that point, I picked her up and put her back outside. She was terrified because she was not used to being touched by humans, let alone being picked up by one. I really got a sense of her small weight thought.