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Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR
You say your siblings witnessed the dynamic of your relationship with your father. I'm assuming your paternal family members know nothing and have seen nothing. They don't have any grounds to contradict what you and your siblings have said - they weren't even there in the house. 
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My brothers and sisters only witnessed the physical and emotional abuse. Around the age of 12, I started fighting back. I would hit him and try to push him off of me, but, ultimately, (I'm a small framed person) there was only so much I could do to protect myself so I eventually had to give in and he always got what he wanted. Still, afterwards, he would beat me for being "disobedient". That's what they saw and often they would ask what'd I do to deserve it and I would just lie and say I don't know.