Hello, my name is Tom. I've been estranged from my family for the last 20 years. The reason for my estrangement is that some serious things happened to me growing up and they refuse to talk about them. They have also let me down very badly many times. That is basically it. I've kept this simple so that it works. Because I've spent a long time trying to understand why. When the reason is these are sick messed up people and that's it. I don't want them anywhere near me and if they contacted me again it would make me feel uncomfortable.