At that point, her mother and brother also broke off contact with him. They did not speak for six and a half years but began rebuilding their relationship in the wake of Bertrand's death from ovarian cancer on January 27, 2007, before going public with their reconciliation three years later.
After a six-and-a-half year period of silence, her mother and brother reconnected with her following Bertrand's passing from ovarian cancer on January 27, 2007. They publicly reconciled three years after his death.