I have two iCloud accts each to manage different data

Hello,
The reasoning is now in my alt iCloud account I can have my Contacts, Calendars, and Reminders without my wife and kids stuff merging with mine. Anyway - it seems to be working fine but am wondering if when my phone backs up are both accts backing up, my iCloud and alt iCloud. Having these separate accts is life saving. I guess I'm still having trouble understanding all of iCloud.

Your primary and secondary ("alt") accounts are treated the same.  The data remains on the iCloud server for both accounts, and the local cached copy is included in the backup.  Restoring synced data such as calendars and contacts from an iCloud backup can be somewhat difficult and isn't officially supported, but it can be done by following the procedure outlined here (contacts example): Recovering deleted iCloud contacts from an iCloud backup.

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