I don't have a massive family. I rarely speak to my brother but not because of any particular drama but we are very different people with very different lives. We are cordial when we do see each other (usually for my Dad's sake) but he is still the only person who can make me lose my temper in 0.2 seconds with just a look
. Having said that - he is great with my son - who usually spends a week in the summer with him now he is older so he can be with his cousins (they also live very near Thorpe Park and my son is a rollercoaster junkie so he loves being there). My mum has a big extended family down south but I wouldn't know many of them if I fell over them. I'm quite close to my Dads side - brother and his wife and kids but that's about it family wise.
I still message to my ex-father in law daily as I promised my ex mother in law before she passed that I would check in with him regularly.