now you're just talking about how bad the branch members have it, which is not the same as the topic of the discussion "who had the roughest past"

the head/branch system is just a system, like how the mist village used to have a system where half the academy members kill the other half to become ninjas....they may be cruel, but its for the best interest of the village/clan

i dont think the branch members are as bad off as you make it seem. In fact it would seem to me that all head and branch members treat each other as if they are family anyway, the only difference is that the branch members are relied on more for combat and protecting the head family while the head members are relied on for preserving the bloodline (although now that i think about it, i wonder why they dont just put those seal things on ALL hyugas, instead of just some of them)