This isn’t just a book—it’s a mirror, a megaphone, and a middle finger to the lie that “family is everything.” Blood Doesn’t Make You Family is a raw, emotionally charged memoir that dares to tell the truth most people keep buried: sometimes, the ones who share your DNA are the ones who hurt you the most. Through powerful storytelling, vulnerable letters, hard-hitting reflections, and spiritual healing, Allen Dekeyser exposes the silence, fakeness, betrayal, and cycles passed down through generations—and shows what it means to walk away, break the pattern, and rebuild peace from scratch. Inside these pages: You’ll find 11 truth-telling chapters that unpack everything from fake funerals to emotional abandonment. You’ll be guided by reflection questions, as if the author’s sitting beside you. You’ll write your own story with a blank letter to the one who hurt you. You’ll discover spiritual comfort, practical resources, and affirmations for the soul. This book is for: The black sheep. The cycle breakers. The ones who love deeply and hurt silently. The ones trying to build a life that doesn’t look like the one they came from. If you've ever felt like you didn’t belong at your own family table—this book is for you. And it's here to remind you: you’re not broken. You’re becoming.
This isn’t just a book—it’s a mirror, a megaphone, and a middle finger to the lie that “family is everything.” Blood Doesn’t Make You Family is a raw, emotionally charged memoir that dares to tell the truth most people keep buried: sometimes, the ones who share your DNA are the ones who hurt you the most. Through powerful storytelling, vulnerable letters, hard-hitting reflections, and spiritual healing, Allen Dekeyser exposes the silence, fakeness, betrayal, and cycles passed down through generations—and shows what it means to walk away, break the pattern, and rebuild peace from scratch. Inside these pages: You’ll find 11 truth-telling chapters that unpack everything from fake funerals to emotional abandonment. You’ll be guided by reflection questions, as if the author’s sitting beside you. You’ll write your own story with a blank letter to the one who hurt you. You’ll discover spiritual comfort, practical resources, and affirmations for the soul. This book is for: The black sheep. The cycle breakers. The ones who love deeply and hurt silently. The ones trying to build a life that doesn’t look like the one they came from. If you've ever felt like you didn’t belong at your own family table—this book is for you. And it's here to remind you: you’re not broken. You’re becoming.
