Hi,
I adopted a little girl about 6 years ago. Since that time I have been told by my family I was stupid for taking on a child with a disability and at first they were far from supportive. Over that time I have proved them wrong and I felt they had began to accept my child as part of the family, she became their neice, their grand daughter, their cousin.
Or so I thought.

It was announced on the weekend my brother and his wife are expecting a child, this child will be the first natural grandchild for my parents. My family have been making comments about this new child like "Wow, the first grandchild" "our first neice/nephew", my sister said "I am finally going to be an aunt".
I have said what about my daughter, she has been in the family for over 6 years and I have been told by everyone in the family "She isn't really part of our family", "she doesn't matter" and "she isn't important".

My father has never given my daughter a xmas present or birthday present, he has never helped my with anything relating to my daughter he refused to help me out when I needed money for my daughters wheelchair (all I had asked for was $100 to borrow for a few weeks so I could pick it up instead of waiting another month), but this new child he has already given my brother $1000 towards things the baby will need.

Whose family is she part of?
Am I just jealous about this new child? or am I rightfully angry?

My so called family are really hurting me at the moment. Has ayone else been through this kind of situation? How have you handled it?

I feel like just wiping them out of our lives, if my daughter isn't part of their family then I am not either.
What can I do???