Results: Family Splintering
Published on 04/12/2021
As someone who personally has no living family, I feel it is very tragic when families are split up due to differences or to someone's behaviour. Here are some questions about family breakups apart from divorce.
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1.
1.
Were you disowned or thrown out of the house by your parents or legal guardians? Yes
10%
232 votes
No
80%
1835 votes
Not Applicable
10%
233 votes
2.
2.
If you answered "yes" to the question above, do you believe they were justified at the time? Yes
4%
101 votes
No
11%
256 votes
Not Applicable
84%
1943 votes
3.
3.
If you do not have children, assume you do for the next question: Under what circumstances would you disown a child or throw them out? Heinous crimes such as murder or sexual assault
32%
729 votes
Drug or substance addiction
14%
331 votes
Conversion to another religion
3%
63 votes
Marrying or in a domestic partnership with someone outside your religion, race, ethnic group, caste or other association
3%
76 votes
Marrying or in a domestic partnership someone you disapprove of for other reasons
3%
61 votes
Telling you they are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender
3%
73 votes
Espousing a political or social belief you disapprove of
2%
48 votes
No, would never disown a child under any circumstances, no matter how upsetting they were to me
57%
1322 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
90 votes
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4.
Did you ever actually disown a child or legal ward or throw them out of the house? Yes
6%
130 votes
No, but I have children or legal wards
50%
1140 votes
Not applicable, I do not have children or legal wards
45%
1030 votes
5.
5.
Have you ever stopped speaking with an adult sibling? Yes
29%
665 votes
No, but I have adult siblings
49%
1120 votes
Not applicable, only child or siblings died before reaching adulthood
22%
515 votes
6.
6.
If you ever stopped speaking to an adult sibling, what was the primary reason: Dispute over an inheritance from parents or relatives
5%
115 votes
Dispute over property
3%
58 votes
Dispute over politics or religion
2%
50 votes
Cannot deal with a brother-in-law or sister-in-law
3%
59 votes
Disapprove of their moral choices
4%
86 votes
Something else
20%
456 votes
Not Applicable
64%
1476 votes
7.
7.
Have you ever fallen out for a long period of time with another blood relative (grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, cousin, etc.)? Yes
34%
787 votes
No
66%
1513 votes
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