“I grew up on television.
“I’m looking back going, ‘Oh my god, Tia, your teeth.
Oh my god, Tia, your hair.”
Got to love that sibling synchronicity.
The two married, joined the Army, and raised four kids.
Their eldest, Tia and Tamera, were born in Germany on July 6, 1978.
With that, the Mowry family headed to Hollywood for good.
When she left for California with her mom and siblings, her dad stayed behind in Texas.
“It separated the family, and that already is a challenge,” she said.
As Tamera Mowry toldYahoo!
Entertainmentin October 2021, there was a tremendous lack of opportunity for nonwhite actors.
I can remember feeling that there just wasn’t enough,” she said.
On the show, they played twins who were separated at birth and reunited as teenagers.
The series was a smash hit; Tia and Tamera achieved fame when they were still in high school.
As their stars continued to rise, the Mowry twins continued to deal with discrimination.
Additionally, going from being “regular” kids to household names was a lot to get used to.
Like, I just wanted to walk down the street and just be.
That’s what’s insane.
This show is still kicking butt, it’s crazy."
“We didn’t make any announcements that said, ‘Look at us, we’re adults.’
Like being thrown in magazines with no clothes on.
… Tamera and I didn’t,” Tia toldVibein 2011.
“We grew up, we stepped away for a moment and went to college.”
After graduating with degrees in psychology in 2003, the work was slow to come in.
After spending their teen years working nonstop, this was a tough adjustment.
Like, what am I going to do?’
I had this conversation with myself where I was like, I achieved so much so young.
I have so much life to live.
I guess this is it.
I guess I just achieved it."
Those were like staples for me.
So to have Twitches be a classic.
I feel very honored," she said.
“It makes me want to do something again with my sister.
I feel like there’s always magic when we’re together.”
However, their careers split around 2007, leading the twins to forge their own paths.
“It was hard at first.
And I think because we didn’t allow ourselves to be individuals,” she said.
“You know, growing up in this business together and being successful together.
… We started to see how we’re great together, but we’re also great as individuals.”
She toldOK!magazine in 2013, “I just held out.
… We courted each other for about a year.
We didn’t go on dates with just him and I, there were other people around.
We waited a year to kiss.”
Many years later, Mowry and Hardict got married in a beautiful ceremony in 2008.
They welcomed their first child, a son named Cree, in 2011.
Their daughter Cairo was born in 2018.
I look at it as like a curriculum.
And at the end of that curriculum … there’s a graduation, there’s a celebration."
I didn’t want [my son] on camera all the time."
So with that, the sisters wrapped up filming and moved on to other projects.
Chang’s after being set up by her college economics professor.
A year later, they welcomed their son Aden to the world.
Mowry and Housley’s daughter Ariah arrived in 2015, making them a beautiful family of four.
Today, Mowry and Housley are still happily married and going strong.
Tia and Tamera introduced two products along with their brand’s launch.
Milky is a lactation-promoting herbal tea for new moms, filled with natural and organic ingredients.
The twins also promoted Stretchy, a moisturizer intended to reduce the stretch marks pregnancy can cause.
“We’re always like, ‘What is that next thing?’
In October 2020, Mowry even hinted at a potential shift in her career focus while speaking withOprah Daily.
“I want to sing so badly.
I want to do like a Christmas album, an inspirational album.
I’ve got to just find the time.
That’s not something that I want to just throw out.
I want it to be my baby.
In January 2014, the twins spoke about their psychic connection while on"Larry King Now.
“Tamera remarked, “The only thing we can’t do is feel each other’s pain.
Like, if I pinch myself.”
Tia quickly went on to add, “But I know what she’s thinking right now.
She can’t hide anything from me, and vice versa.”
We have a glass of wine, we talk about what’s been happening.
I mean, we text almost every other day.
And, knowing they’re still as close as ever makes their reunions all the more heartwarming.
