{"id":323829,"date":"2025-01-02T08:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T14:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=323829"},"modified":"2025-01-02T08:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T14:59:43","slug":"sisters-adopted-search-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sisters-adopted-search-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters adopted by different families search for their long-lost brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A group of sisters, all adopted into different families, are searching for their biological brother and hoping social media can help.<\/p>\n<p>Catrina Palmer posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@catpalmer16?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> on TikTok with her sisters, hoping to find their brother. &#8220;If your name is Giovanni, and you were born at Tampa General Hospital on February 14, 2009, and you&#8217;re 15 years old, and your parents are the doctors who delivered you, we&#8217;re your sisters,&#8221; they said. &#8220;And we want to meet you!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over 50 million people have since seen the video.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@catpalmer16\/video\/7448469574510497054\" data-video-id=\"7448469574510497054\">\n<section><a title=\"@catpalmer16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@catpalmer16?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@catpalmer16<\/a> Our biological parents struggled with addiction for many years, causing us all to enter foster care. We were adopted in pairs, with the exception of our brother, Giovanni. Two of us are here in Tampa Bay, but we all found each other. TikTok us find our brother and make our family complete. @Adriana Bowerman @lex @mightymouse1012 <a title=\"adoption\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/adoption?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#adoption<\/a> <a title=\"familyreunion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/familyreunion?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#familyreunion<\/a> <a title=\"tampabay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tampabay?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#tampabay<\/a> <a title=\"longlostbrother\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/longlostbrother?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#longlostbrother<\/a> <a title=\"family\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/family?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#family<\/a> <a title=\"fostercare\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fostercare?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fostercare<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"foryoupage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foryoupage?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#foryoupage<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c original sound - Cat Palmer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7448469498996312862?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Cat Palmer<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have so many people helping us, which is pretty cool,\u201d Palmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/family\/sisters-search-for-long-lost-brother-goes-viral-rcna184855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told TODAY<\/a>, explaining. \u201cHe\u2019s the missing piece.&#8221; In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@catpalmer16\/video\/7450173857392020767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">update<\/a>, they said they haven&#8217;t found Giovanni yet, but remain hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer and her sister, 22-year-old Gigi, went through multiple foster placements after their biological parents struggled with addiction. After they were eventually adopted, they were raised in Florida, and later learned they had more sisters: Alexia, 20, Anna, 19, Monica, 18, and Bella, 13. They were all able to meet in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/actress-gal-gadot-pregnancy-scare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Actress Gal Gadot welcomes baby during emergency surgery: \u2018Giving birth is a miracle\u2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were all raised quite differently, but in terms of personalities, we\u2019re so similar. We even have the same mannerisms,\u201d Palmer said. \u201cAfter knowing each other for a few minutes, we were snuggled up and talking about everything. It just instantly felt like home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their biological parents are now sober, and the girls all have relationships with them. Their family is now in regular communication, despite being spread out across the country. All that&#8217;s missing now is Giovanni. \u201cIf someone is having a hard day, we\u2019re all on FaceTime cheering her up. We\u2019re making up for lost time,&#8221; she said. \u201cOnce we find Giovanni, we\u2019ll be complete. I know he\u2019s out there, and we can\u2019t wait to meet him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/end-taxpayer-dollars-to-planned-parenthood\/\"><b><i>Tell President Trump, RFK, Jr., Elon, and Vivek:<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/end-taxpayer-dollars-to-planned-parenthood\/\"><b><i>Stop killing America\u2019s future. Defund Planned Parenthood NOW!<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of sisters, all adopted into different families, are searching for their biological brother and hoping social media can help. 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