blotto,

If you and your brother work together you may be able to solve both problems.

Each take turns setting up to the ball, don't conciously think about any adjustments jus tyour normal setup. Have your brother look at it from front side and back. You may be setting up with the ball toward the heel but it looks in the center of the clubface standing sideways. Sometimes what you see is not square and centered.

Hope this gets you started on a correction,

GolfBald