The initial news that her husband had cheated with a transsexual model already stunned fans, but who Kendra Wilkinson sought out for advice on her marriage troubles was even more shocking.

Kendra Wilkinson Fighting With Her Family?

The former Playboy Playmate reportedly sought the advice of her estranged father, Eric, who walked out on her when she was five years old-prompting her recent trip to Costa Rica with her husband, Hank Baskett.

And while there, she and Baskett reportedly had the emotional reunion they needed in order to repair their broken marriage, as OK! Magazine reports the couple is officially back together because the former centerfold didn't want her own kids, Hank IV, 4 and Alijah, four months, to have the same sort of sad childhood she did.

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"Kendra comes from a broken home," a source told the magazine. "Seeing her dad was a real wake-up call."

However, the reunion-which the couple's reality show cameras were present to catch, has caused a new rift within Kendra's family-as her mother, Patti, and brother, Colin, have both spoken out and said how much they resented her decision to see her father.

Her brother was the first to speak out against her trip, allegedly writing a Facebook post (which has since been deleted) detailing how he couldn't believe his sister had sunk to a level where ratings married more than family-which prompted her to pay her estranged father to appear on the show-a decision her brother said was like "rewarding a person who has done nothing but cause pain and suffering."

Abuse at the hands of their father has long been something that has been alleged, and in his rant about his sister, Colin spoke about one incident in particular.

"A man should not leave his family behind because he doesn't feel like raising two kids," he said. "A man doesn't leave his family starving and broke. The last time I ever saw my dad, he locked Kendra and I on his back patio during [Super Bowl] Sunday with no food, water or jackets."

Her mother has also spoken out against the trip, but was more upset that after she had rushed to her daughter's side after news first broke of Baskett's affair, she went off to Costa Rica with him in tow.

"Just days before I was picking her up of the floor, and then she can't even tell me she's going to see her father who left us?" Patti reportedly told OK! "Not to mention that she went with a guy who just cheated on her with a tranny? That hurts a lot."

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