Have you have family members you have no contact with?

Is it your choice or theirs?
I have not spoken to my Mother for at least 40 years and do not know if she is still living.
Unfortunately she beat her children without mercy before leaving. She left when I was 7.
I went to see her when I was 19? and asked why such brutal beatings and she had no satisfactory answer.
I have 4 siblings, all of whom fled Tasmania because of the sad home situation.
I have no idea where two of them are.
One died of alcohol induced injuries aged 32.
I have tracked down the whereabouts of my younger brother.
His phone number has been in my mobile for over two years but I am yet to reach out, maybe I will never reach out.

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Mamapolo2016 · F

My youngest brother (adopted at 5) has absented himself. That's a whole big story.

Just last week he messaged my daughter on FB and said "Just wanted you to know I didn't forget I have a niece," and that was all.

I was close with my three siblings who have passed away and still am with my remaining brother.

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

I had a lot of abusive toxic family members that I had to cut off for my own well being

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

Yes. And they know how to contact me if they really wanted to.

One stole my father's side of the tree on ancestry.com without even dropping a mention to me. His mother was my half sister and no one in the whole family has mentioned that she is dead.

I learned about it because ancestry itself made reference to her death with the death certificate record.

2006 was the last I heard from them.

FurryFace · 61-69, M

very minimal if any , they don't like me and i don't like them , was blamed for years for stuff i never did , their Paranoia and believing in lies was way too much for me

Gusman · 61-69, M

@FurryFace After a while we actually put them out of our minds.
I might think of my mother once every decade or so.
If she is still alive she would be 89.
My brother, other than my youngest, and sister? Never

FreeSpirit1 · F

No I have contact with all the family members I know of, it's not a big family so that isn't a lot.

Unlearn · 41-45, M

Not immediate family but few relatives...

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