I am estranged from many of my siblings. Most because of their continued drug and alcohol abuse, one because she is a toxic self medicating bipolar who took advantage of my father in his last days of life and contributed to his death. My final sibling is a man who must have mental health issues and is plain nasty and disruptive. I engage with one brother at a distance as he is a life long alcoholic and pot addict. He is a kind hearted person despite his addictions, and 1 sister who I I am blessed to have in my life. My parents are deceased and I have cousins but rarely see them.
We are close to 2/3 siblings in my husbands family although they are in the UK. His sister we are in contact with by e mail. She self isolates as she is an alcoholic. His mother has passed away and his father is elderly and frail.
I wish I had more family connectivity. It is what it is.
