Usually I am in the you do what you can for your family camp but when someone has made it clear they don't want you involved unless it is to their advantage and they will probably treat you like dirt while taking advantage you.... You have to draw the line somewhere.
You want to repair your family relations? Good.
Do it before you are all needy.
There are a shocking amount of estranged children out there. It seems to be a subset of the same phenomenon that causes the sexual changes as tribal affiliation.
I am beginning to think of subliminal messaging in all devices. It is too bizarre!