Aside from my kids I don't really have any family.

My mother raised me but favored my sister and if there was time left over grudgingly paid attention to me. Wasn't always that way but it put a nice wedge between us that never healed, loved her because she was my mother but there was always a barrier between us.

My father was hoonestly not much more than a sperm donor and he ignored us kids, I always resented him for that even when I tried to develop a relationship with him later in life. When he died it didn't affectt me in the least.

My sister and I haven't talked or seen each other in more than 15 yrs, she holds a grudge against me for how I was when I was younger and not the man I am now...she has met her nieces once and will probably never see them again.

The only relative I have been remotely close to has been my cousin and we keep in touch regularly.

My family is pretty fucked up in ways I couldn't explain if I tried and holding grudges is an art with them. So do I feel related to my relatives? Fuck no and I am better for it.