I'm the traumatized middle child of five. Older brother and sister, they are only a year apart, I was three years behind them, and two younger sisters.
I have 2 younger half brothers, same Mom. I have never met my Dad but I know he at least has another younger dauter and I THINK there are at least another 2 siblings there somewhere but I've never met them nor do I know anything about them.
I was an only child, though I have an older half sister who I never saw much while growing up (I lived with my mom and she lived with her mom). Then I had two step sisters and a step brother from another marriage my dad was in, but they ended up divorcing. My mom got married about five years ago and I have a younger step brother back home.
There were four siblings in my family. I have an older sister and two older brothers, one is deceased. I was the baby by many years, the youngest bro was 12 years my senior, my oldest bro is 14 years my senior and my sister is 16 years older than me. My sister and I are very, very close. We live about 10 minutes apart and speak at least once a day and see each other frequently. She is like a second mother to me.
I have one older brother 5 years older then me, half black, half mixture of Cheyenne, souix, and I think irish. He was addopted by my mom's eldest sister as a baby, my mom was 19, and in '69 un married, she was forced into addopting him to her eldest sister (12 yrs her senior)
I have one younger brother that I was raised with, he's 8 yrs younger then me.
I have 3 other younger brothers from my dad. One 8 yrs younger then me, one 10 yrs I believe, and one probably 12 or so years younger then me. The youngest one looked a lot like what I did when I was those ages.
The only brother I really know is the one I was raised with. The others are just 'brothers' by title.
I also have a step sis who passed away 364 days after my mom passed. I have another step sis who is about 9 years younger then me, she JUST Got married!!
I am the ONLY girl biologically from my mom and my biofather. I was also the Eldest child my biodad had. I am in effect the eldest of the kids, by a long shot!! LOL
I don't use the term 'half sibling' because to me it is disrespectful. We don't share all the same genetics, but ALL of each one is my sibbling, not just half. I have no siblings from both my parents because my mom had 5 miscarraiges before me, and one after me with my biodad. Then my mom had an abortion when I was a baby and going through all my surgeries. I would have a sibling just a couple years younger then me if she hadn't. She didn't think she would be able to care for me and my health as well as a newborn at the same time. I don't agree with her decision, but I totally understand and respect it.