Aaron Rodgers reunites with family after years-long estrangement: 'Bonding'

You have to kind of reparent yourself and give yourself what you didn't get or wanted to hear more of when you were a kid. And I think for me, I just wanted to hear, I'm proud of you. I had to find a way to be my own parent in those moments and say, hey, let's f**k being perfect. I'm proud of who you are and what you've accomplished on and off the field. And forgiveness for all the mistakes because I was just trying to do the best I could. And a lot of times it wasn't good enough. NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers revealed on Instagram that he finally reunited with most of his family after more than a decade-long estrangement. But noticeably absent was his younger brother, Bachelorette winner Jordan Rodgers, leaving fans wondering if the two are still fighting. Rodgers announced the news with this carousel of photos on Instagram. In the first pic, he's seen hugging his mother, Darla. The quarterback also shared this snap with his dad, Ed. Rodgers captioned the post, another bonding week with the hashtag fam, but kept the location private by tagging it as planet Earth. The post, which gained over 200,000 likes overnight, also features a photo of Aaron with his older brother, Luke. Rodgers appeared to be on uncle duty with Luke's kids, helping fix a pony cycle toy and sharing the snap holding the hand of Luke's daughter, Evie. Luke even commented on the post, leaving two red heart emojis. But Aaron is also an uncle to Jordan Rodgers' daughter, Romy, who was born in December. Jordan, his wife, JoJo Fletcher, and their six-month-old daughter were all missing from the family reunion on Instagram. Jordan's exclusion has fans speculating there's still beef between the brothers after all these years. When Jordan went on The Bachelorette, where he met his current wife, he mentioned as part of his storyline that the entire family was estranged from Aaron. That was back in 2016. Aaron has mentioned that he didn't appreciate the empty chairs they put on The Bachelorette to reference him missing from Jordan's hometown date family dinner. He even accused his brother of going on the show to get famous. The Daily Mail reported that Aaron Rodgers did not attend Jordan and JoJo's wedding in 2022, but said he was invited. Jordan, on the other hand, was not invited to Aaron's wedding in 2025 to wife, Brittany, who has still never been seen publicly. Jordan has since started a new career in sports broadcasting, making the brothers' estrangement even more awkward. Aaron Rodgers is set to play one more season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He's announced this will be the final season of his NFL career. For now, at least some of the Rodgers family is healing. We'll have to stay tuned to see if Jordan and Aaron are on good terms.