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I don't understand what you mean by "it proves that siddharta could have acknoledged his wife adn son after gaining nirvana but did not.". As I have already said twice, both became followers of the new Buddha. Although there is no reason he could not have returned to a "family" relationship (he was no longer capable of being "attached" to it), there was no need to do so; indeed it would only have harmed the spiritual progress of both wife and son.
Ultimate realisation cannot not be attained without completely ridding yourself of mental attachment, "breaking wordly ties" is a very insignificant factor in that. It is important to realise that that goes far deeper than 'relationships'; attachment to anything and everything must cease, including the very concepts of ego-identity and independent personality. All such things are merely illusions (as is the idea that there is, in fact, anything to be illusory), and it is only in ridding yourself of such ideas that you realise that in reality there are, in fact, no "worldly ties" to break. It is not something that can be understood intellectually, as ultimate reality cannot be perceived in that way. It is something that can only be experienced, although ultimately even that idea must be abandoned - there is nothing to do the experiencing.
