A bit off topic, but I think I've only ever encountered a female stutterer in public once, many years ago. Well the other day, a female employee came to cover a shift for someone in another department at my place I work. Didn't have a chance to interact with her, as we were in different departments. Sometime later, she came to my section for something, and lo and behold, she had a very noticable stutter. I was taken aback in a way (more surprised really), and instantly felt some kinship and camraderie with her (at least inwardly). I could tell she had a bad "lock" as she was having a hard time letting it out. I calmly waited, never attempted to "help" finish her sentence, kept eye contact, all in an attempt not to make her feel any more self conscious. Guess I was attempting to make her feel more comfortable. Oddly enough, during the whole time I interacted with her, my stutter never manifested or reared its coconut head. Would have been interesting to see her reaction to me stuttering. To the OP, definitely not nice what you encountered, and even moreso when it's your family, who should have a first person dynamic of your stutter in the first place. We trudge on.