Where Were Susan Boyle's Siblings when She was Taking Care of Her Mother?

Susan Boyle spent 20 years "taking care" of her mother and thus had to give up any personal hopes such as pursuing a singing career or even some other career. Susan Boyle has something like nine siblings, or, she's one of nine. Either way, Susan Boyle has a litter of brothers and sisters, and not only that, but she is the youngest of the brood. I'd like to know where were Susan Boyle's sisters and brothers for 20 years while she was breaking her back caring for an aging, frail mother?

Since Susan Boyle is 47, this means she began caring for her mother when the former was 27. We can deduce from this that, at that point in time, it was very probable that every one of Susan Boyle's siblings were tied down to their own young children. I don't know what the age span is in Susan Boyle's family; her oldest sibling may only be 10 years older. On the other hand, the age spread could be 20 years.

At the beginning of Susan Boyle's "career" of caring for her mother, her siblings presumably were too busy to take their mother in for several days to relieve the talented singer. I don't know the nature of the mother's problems, but apparently, Susan Boyle was able to take care of her without an in-home nurse, because I haven't read anything about the singing sensation having home health care aides coming in. Thus, based on this, we can assume that it would have been doable for the mother to stay every so often for a few days with other siblings.

Out of nine siblings, can we assume that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was chained down to having four hyperactive children each, such that they couldn't take their mother in every so often to give poor Susan Boyle a break?

And even if that WERE the case, what about as years went by, and those children grew up?Children eventually grow up! There had to have been a point where Susan Boyle's nieces and nephews were older, independent, and eventually moved out of their homes and were on their own, thus freeing up the siblings to either 1) Take in their mother for a week or a few days to relieve the singing star, and/or 2) Stay with Susan Boyle for an occasional week, or even a few days, to lighten some of the burden.

Though it's possible that some of the siblings have been living too far away to make helpful visits or to take in the mother for several days, it's difficult for me to believe that EVERY SINGLE ONE of those nine siblings, throughout the entire 20 years, 1) Lived too far away to occasionally visit and relieve Susan Boyle, 2) Lived too far away to take in their mother for a week, and 3) Were all tied down with young children who never grew up and moved out of the house, and 4) Were all too poor to transport themselves out to stay with Susan Boyle for several days here and there.

No, we can't believe all that. We just KNOW that some of those siblings have always lived reasonably close by and eventually were freed up from their own parenting duties to help care for an ailing mother. In fact, many women WITH several young kids AND a job AND a husband who can't cook or figure out how to run the dishwasher manage to take in a sick parent and care for them!

I've read absolutely nothing, nada, about Susan Boyle receiving any help, either physically or financially, from her siblings. Hmmmm, I wonder why. And, if they were never there to help her throughout those stressful 20 years, then I pray to God that Susan Boyle refuses to share with them any of the wealth she stands to collect with her newfound stardom. In fact, I shudder to think that those siblings might have participated in the verbal bullying that Susan Boyle endured as a child. Siblings aren't always blessings; oftentimes, brothers and sisters are total curses.