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Brothers and sisters

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Clifford

'Two of my sisters - we don’t have the same mom, we only have the same dad.'

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Sadie

'Family life is good. Sometimes it can get a bit difficult with my brother 'cos he’s really strong and sometimes he can freak out and we have to kind of like restrain him.

He has Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome, scoliosis on the back and another disability to do with his liver and his kidneys. RSS is where part of your DNA breaks off from one part and adds itself to the bottom.

So now he has like outwards thumbs and same with his big toes; he has a high palette; learning difficulties; growth difficulties; speech… sometimes he can’t understand you so you have to put it in a different way.'

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Amani

'Sometimes I’m a bit spoilt, but that’s what most people think, but well sometimes I see all my friends and they have all brothers and sisters, and I say I wish I had brothers and sisters and they say, just don’t go there. I mean they’ve got brothers and sisters, they live with them, they get annoyed, they fight a lot... but I sometimes wish I had a brother or sisters.'

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