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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My brother has a lovely family - wife, kids, good job. His oldest from his marriage is now a young adult (college-aged). He also has a child about a year older who he has never met (although he has contributed financially somehow and our parents are involved with the child in a limited fashion), but with whom I have been involved since I have been able to make independent decisions as an adult (so since my college years - brother is 8 yrs older, so I was still a minor when he had him). My own kids know him but they are young and do not ask questions. It saddens me that his children don't know that they have this other sibling. I am fairly certain that his wife knows about him, but I am certain that his children from his marriage do not. The extramarital nephew knows of his siblings, though. He does not seem super pressed to meet them or know his biological father, but I think it should be out in the open now. Where are the lines drawn here? What is right? [/quote]

Do your kids know him as their cousin?  It's interesting to me that you're focused on everything being open, but you haven't shared that with your kids.[/quote]

Oh yeah, of course. But we have an enormous family spread over quite a few states on both sides, so the question of how this person is related has not come up. Plus, they are pretty young to even conceive to ask that. We have photos of her in our home and online. She's just like any other cousin in our house. [/quote]

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