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Sibling estrangement is common and painful, impacting well-being. Causes include death, inheritance disputes, and mental health issues. Experts offer advice on coping and potential reconciliation.

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Sibling estrangement is common and painful, impacting well-being. Causes include death, inheritance disputes, and mental health issues. Experts offer advice on coping and potential reconciliation.
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The Pain of Sibling Breakups

Family estrangement can bring up big, difficult emotions, and it’s not always about parents and children.

By Catherine Pearson

Aug. 26, 2025

Looking back, Alice Lewin recognizes how her relationship with her sister ruptured slowly, one crack at a time.

The pair were close growing up; her sister, who is three years her senior, was a protective presence. Ms. Lewin remembers the excitement of visiting her older sibling in New York City when she was in college at Barnard. When Ms. Lewin, who is now 58, later moved to the city, her big sister helped her settle in.

But their mother’s untimely death when both sisters were in their 20s revealed some β€œfracture points” in their relationship, and in hindsight Ms. Lewin has realized she may have put too much pressure on her older sibling to be a maternal figure β€” at a moment when her sister wanted to move forward in her own life.

Things between them grew worse when their grandmother passed away, then later their...

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