Amylou, I am also talking about Doria's side of the family. Also to not have one good friend to invite?

Well, I do not know about her mothers side. I would imagine that the expense of the travel coupled with the intimidation factor of such an event might have dissuaded anyone on her mothers side from attending. It would for me. But she had lots of friends there. Both Serena Williams and Priyanka Chopra, who are close friends with her, were in attendance. Her BEST friend, Jessica Mulroney was there as well, and her children were bridal attendants in her wedding. Lots of other guests were there for her. Lots of the celebrities that were there are friends with her and Harry both.

I don’t care who you are or who you are marrying. If you are estranged from your family that’s it. At some point you have had to make that decision and you can’t change it to please other people. I have had to make that choice in the past with my brother, didn’t attend his funeral because it would have been hypocritical.

Well, it looks like Doria's parents have passed away and she has three older half-siblings from her mothers first marriage.

I have mixed feelings about the situation (but not her choices). When I think about it from a parental perspective, I feel empathy her dad. But I’m estranged from one of my sisters because she’s just flat out an awful hateful person, and from that perspective, I can completely understand why she chooses to distance herself.

She’s obviously got her reasons and is doing what she feels is right for her and her new family.

If you are estranged from your family that’s it. At some point you have had to make that decision and you can’t change it to please other people.

My SIL is estranged from his entire family by choice and your statement pretty much echo’s exactly what he told me when he shared that with me. That was 20 years ago. We welcomed him into the family and he’s never looked back.

My son in law has no relationship with his family. He did however, go to see his father a month or two ago as he's in his last stages of cancer. Last time he saw his mother (who lives in the same city as I do) was 12 years ago. He has a brother and sister here whom he hasn't seen since before that. I ask no questions. It's none of my business. As long as he treats my daughter good, I don't care. Neither does she. And nobody else should either.

You don't choose your family, and there's absolutely no compulsion nor is it mandatory to include them if they don't make you happy.

Meghan's family is toxic in every sense of the word.

And we (or at least I as I don't follow the entertainment tabloids) don't know what happened when she became a household name as a star of Suits. It could be she's been through this kind of thing before with her half-sister. IT seems her half-sister and others have pointed out that they were close when younger but then who knows.

I have a younger sister who pretty much cut ties with our family 9 years ago when she was 50 and no one knows why.