To ask if you have half siblings

Yes one on my dad's side but our dad rarely had us both on the same day so didn't have a close relationship. Have spoken on social media but that's as far as it's gone

One half brother I’ve never met and didn’t know about until after both parents died and one full sister who I’ve been no contact with since my mums death over 12 years ago

No never met them. I think there’s 3 or 4 of them maybe. Don even know their names

I've got 3 but they're all 11+ years older than me so we didn't really grow up together. I'd say I get on well with one when we're together but not what I consider close. one I don't speak to at all, no falling puts just not my kind of person. And the last I do check in with weekly primarily because they have SEN but again not what I consider close.
I am close with my younger brother, there's 3 years difference between us

Possibly, but my two half-siblings are from my dad, and we are close. I did spend quite a bit of time with my dad (and them) growing up, though.

I do yes, a half sister who is a bit younger, we get on fine no issues apart from age gap we don't have much in commpn and a half brother who i was told about but have never met.

I have three. Get on well with two of them. Never shared a home with them due to gap between us and I think that has impacted the relationships (positive and negative).

Two treat my like full siblings. One doesn’t and hasn’t really ever shown interest.

Yes, but have never called her my 'half' sister...she's my sister and we're very close.

I was discussing this with my DS recently. He said that he’s noticed amongst his friends with half siblings that where the mother is the common parent, they’re as close as full siblings; but where the father is the common parent they’re not close.

Have 1 older half sister from my Dad's side. Didn't get to properly know her until teens, her Mum didnt let her have a relationship with us, but my Dad was likely shit on his part too. I feel sorry for her - its obviously affected her, she has lots of issues. I get on with her with when I do see her, even though we are very different people. Always call her 'sister'.

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5 I grew up with from my fathers first marriage all get on well
1 I have never met, he was born between first and second marriage

My half brother was born when I was 15. He’s in his mid 20s now. Don’t see him often but he sends me a lot of cat videos 😄

edited to say we didn’t grow up in the same household but me and my brother saw our half brother every weekend when my dad had access visits.

One brother. He lives abroad but we're still pretty close. Three half-sisters. I've never met them but I was nearly 30 when the eldest of them was born, plus I'm NC with their/my dad and have been for decades. I don't want to push a relationship and have no idea what they've been told about me so I'm there if they want to contact me and if not, I get it. 2 of the 3 have friended me on social media, so some communication lines are open. But it has to be their decision, I think. Especially at their age, when they're still finding out who they are regardless of a weird family situation.

Same here. I idolised them growing up and in recent years I’ve invited them to my house for dinner, and tried to make plans with them. They aren’t interested, so I don’t bother anymore.

Sorry to hear that. It’s an awful feeling, isn’t it?

I'm close to the ones I grew up in the same house as, and not to the ones I saw only occasionally.

Two younger half siblings that I didn’t grow up with, met them when I was 16 after no contact with father for that time. Get on with them but more like cousins. They are closer to each other and I am closer to my older full brother as we grew up together in the same house.

I think it makes a huge difference if you grow up in the sand house and without a huge age gap.

Age gap matters even in full biological families if you’ve moved out and mum and dad have a new baby you’re never going to have the same bond as if you grew together.

Yes, I could have written this.

I made the effort for years to try and have a relationship with them but they just aren’t interested. A few things happened which made me decide not to bother anymore. So we haven’t spoken in a few years now.

1 Older half brother - we have a relationship.

1 younger half sister - no relationship at all. I've never met her. Shes reached out but I dont have any interest in meeting or talking to her.

Does it make a difference if it’s the mum that’s shared rather than the dad?

kids tend to live with their mums so I see a lot of half siblings with the same mum who are very close but who aren’t close to the dads other children.

I have 3 - a sister and two brothers. They are 15 to 21 years younger than me. Same Dad, different Mum. I have hardly anything to do with them now that my Dad is dead and my step Mum told me he'd written me out of his will and any estate will be left to her children only. It's a shame - I'm very fond of my half sister but not her family!

Yes, found out about them about a decade ago (in my late 50s). No relationship with them, complicated due to NC with father.

I have 2 brothers and a sister. We have the same mum different dad's. We all grew up together so even though technically we are halfs I just think of them as my siblings. Close with all of them even though we live in different countries. We have an active group chat and visit as much as we can. I flew long hall last year to attend their dad's funeral.

Yes. I have two older half siblings. They’re very close with each other, but not close with me, unfortunately. I wish things were different though.