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They were stepsisters who hadn’t seen each other since they were little girls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

Despite the family's efforts to protect them, her younger stepsisters found out that their father and mother were trapped under the rubble from other children at school.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025

The beneficiaries are now Keough and her two younger stepsisters.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

For a time, the two guitarists were family: He married one of Hendrix’s stepsisters, Marsha Jinka, in 1962, although they had separated by the time Hendrix died in 1970 at 27.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2022

“But wait — what will — will my stepmother and stepsisters see you?”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo