I barely knew some of my relatives. I interacted with them but didn't know much about them. I never interacted much with my mother's side of the family, except for the rare weekend occasions when I needed to babysit my aunt. My mother rarely got along with her side of the family, except for her two sisters. Her biological mother lives 10 minutes away from her but they have no relationship to speak of and my mother treats her with indifference. I would say her family are her friends and sisters and she seems happy with that. Some may wonder if being estranged from some of my family members affects me in any way. So far I haven't noticed any problems without knowing them. I get by without them. The way I see it, many of my aunts and cousins ​​on my mother's side are related only by blood, nothing else. Except my aunt, the Marquise Broadnax. When I realized who my grandmother was, I was rather indifferent. I didn't really care. I saw her a couple of years ago. I just said, "Hey, how's it going?" We didn't talk much, it was more indifference than embarrassment. We weren't negative towards each other, we just didn't know each other. We both understood it and got along well. I never felt like I belonged to that part of the family. I was too different and didn't see things the way they did