I understand if this seems bad at first. Let me explain.

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My family situation has never been very good. My mother and father have always been at odds with eachother since we were born. Eventually, they got divorced, and my mother moved away from him and raised us for 3 years, until our father filed for custody rights. He managed to get alternate weekends, as well as some holidays.

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Growing up, I always had some connection with my father. He always treated me kindly, but the others never liked him. It got to the point where my other siblings cut off contact with him, but I kept visiting. Eventually, my other siblings pressured me into dropping contact with him and we moved countries to get away from him. This was 8 years ago.

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In between those 8 years, things kept getting worse for me. Since I kept visitation rights with my father, my mother and other siblings began to saw me as "an extension of him." Thus, they began physcial and verbal abuse, and tried to hurt me several times. Every time I defended myself (not even hitting back, just pushing them so they got away) ended with me being held down and beaten even more. I was even homeless for a time because of it. I managed to complete high school, and decided to cut off all ties with that side of the family, leaving me alone. This was in September.

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About a month later (the end of October) out of the blue, my father messaged me on Facebook, asking if we could talk. He says that he had tried to communicate with us before, as he had our emails, but my mother deleted them. We've spoken quite a few times, but something feels.........off to put it kindly.

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I put my trust in family once before, and it left me in a terrible state, both physically and mentally. I'm unsure if I want to attempt it again. So, AITA?