Earning 11 Olympic medals obviously puts a major spotlight onSimone Biles.
They don’t call the gymnast “the GOAT” for no reason.
That also means aspects of her personal life wind up under a microscope.
That same attention falls on her family, which includes five siblings.
If you’ve spottedSimone with her sister Adria Biles, you’ll definitely be doing a double-take.
You may also find yourself wondering if they’re twins.
While Simone and Adria appear almost identical in some pics, no, they’re not actually twins.
Instead, the sisters are approximately two years apart.
(At the time of reporting, Simone is 27, while Adria is 25.)
Even so, it’s clear that Adria is her big sister’s biggest fan.
As Adria wrote along withthe clip, “forever cherishing these moments with my sister.”
), but things haven’t always been so easy.
Here’s everything you better know about Simone’s little sis.
The sisters, along with their two other biological siblings, spent time in foster care.
I was 3 years old.
I just remember us as kids being so hungry."
Eventually Simone and Adria wereadopted by their grandparents, Ronald and Nellie Biles.
I was blessed to have both a gift and the chance to develop it."
Gymnastics was also a way she bonded with Adria.
[Simone would] go first, and I’d follow.
We were both gymnasts, so we were always trying things around the house.
Nothing scared her."
you have made me into the person i am today and i will forever look up to you."
She went by her middle name “Louise” and made it pretty far in the season.
Just like her big sister, Adria was super competitive.
It proved a meaningful experience, as shecaptionedthe cast photo above, “my forever family.”
I definitely surprised myself!"
She also shared that she watched the show with Simone.
“Claim to Fame” isn’t the first time the sisters' resemblance was pointed out.
In the aforementioned ESPN piece, Adria revealed she gets confused for Simone all the time.
“Even in Brazil, people came up to me every day thinking I was her.
They’d ask for autographs and take pictures,” she said.
Although she acknowledged the strong resemblance, she also explained their differences: “I’m about 5-foot-2.
I’m a good head taller than her.”
So there you have it mystery solved.
