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Severing family ties is not something that I can agree with. Though, my situation is probably much different than yours is. I could definitely understand keeping a distance, keeping them out of your personal affairs etc. Your brother and sister probably have a lot of growing up to do, at least it sounds as if your sister does. Who knows what will change given time.
While I was growing up I absolutely detested my brother, he was very cruel to me. A lot of our issues were that our father was an alcoholic and rode on him pretty hard. Our mother was not very emotionally supportive, to give her some credit she had a lot to deal with on her own. Once my brother came to terms with his source of anger and recognized that our father had changed himself, things were very much different. Whatever difficulties and differences that we once had have now grown and evolved, we are much closer now because of it.
Distance yourself, stretch your wings, think about the reasons for your problems with your family and turn them into something positive. Don't become what you despise them for, it is quite easy to fall into that pattern.
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