A friend of mine shares a similar background to me. She's a CPS social worker, her sister is a correctional officer, and her brother is in prison, a three time felon.

That's what happens in families like ours. Cycling through victim, rescuer and perpetrator roles seeminlgly endlessly.

I'm the social worker counselor, my sister is schizophrenic, and my other sister married a pedophile. She is dvorced, but her kids are deeply troubled, and she is also one of the 'walking wounded'.

I have no contact with any of my natural family.