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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for all the replies. There doesn't seem to be some clear cut appropriate way to go about this, I guess.

He broke up with her when she received the devastating health diagnosis.

He and I have never been close. But I feel an ethical obligation or sense of family loyalty I guess, that I don't want to be a jerk to my own flesh and blood.

However, I also feel like he shouldn't have that type of control over "my" life.

I'd never discuss him with his ex. Both for ethical reasons and because I was never close to him. I don't really know a lot of detail about him. And I could be wrong, but I don't think she'd even ask about him.

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He doesn't have that type of control over your life -- you do. You clearly feel it is not the right thing to do to your brother, so stop yourself from doing it. Treat your brother the way you think family should treat each other. It's clear you have your own opinions formed already -- that being in contact with his ex is not the way people in a family should behave.

Being on your family's side is really important IMO. More important than keeping up with your brother's ex.[/quote]

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