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[quote=Anonymous]OP, my heart hurts for you.  This is a lot.  I'm glad you are being so strong for your daughter.

I recently listened to  a podcast out of australia that covered extensive abuse within a family.  There was tremendous pressure to cover it up, minimize it, say that's just how it is, keep the peace, etc.  Generations of abuse and covering up for abusers.  At every revelation I would just think, my god, what in the world is going on here?  But over time you see how it all just get buried (or tries to get buried).  Warning, one of the victims of abuse has commited suicide.  It's called My Sister's Secrets, from The Australian.

Abuse like this - threaded through a family - appears pernicious.  Difficult to expose and root out, mostly because of the coverups and minimization within the family.  I hope you can find your way through this tangle.

I realize it's Thursday, and CPS is tomorrow.  Another idea might be to visit the pediatrician.   Your DH making her repeat in from our her half-brother and having it be minimized already is difficult.  but maybe a trusted relationship with an outside-the-family figure could be helpful.

Hang in there.  
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