Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : Recently my brothers daughter has been trying to get in contact with me. Having completely removed the memory of her from a previous relationship, he has moved on with his life and is now living the life of a recluse.

A bit of back story for him: Moving from job to job and with a serious anxiety problem, my brother has always been one to run away from any responsibility. Having last year received a public vehicle license with the help of my father he started as an employee at the local bus company.

My father has been working in this company for ten years, so as a helping hand, he got him the job, paid for the licenses and set him up for a job for life. With three weeks my father came home and told me that my brother had been spreading rumours that my father was not his father and that he was in fact adopted.

This is not the first case there are many where he has stolen, been abusive, lied and generally been the worst model human being you could imagine. 

Now with this in consideration, his daughter has started talking to me (my niece) and wants to get to know the family. She is twelve and had tried on  numerous occasions to get in contact with him but he never answers her. When the rest of the family bring it.. up he blanks us.

At this moment in time my brother is not speaking to anyone (he never does) and my wife and I have decided to meet me niece. 

My question here is am I overstepping the boundary? I have no other family due to my brother ruining our family relationships and I would like to get to know my first niece.

P.s. message me if you want any more context I could write a book on my brother or craft a perfect villain.