Hello voncloft: Well... it's been a few days now since you posted this. Perhaps you've now had the conversation with your brother. Hopefully it went well. The Skeezyks was an only child. So this is not a situation I was ever familiar with.

Kids are kids. And, at least from my perspective, I don't think things we did as kids should be held against us. But I also know how it is... or at least I think I do. Kudos to you for putting forth the effort to heal your relationship with your brother.