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zanyzoe

Oct. 22, 2025

3
Brother and sister

I have one sister and one brother.
In reality, we don't have the same father, exactly a different father per child, but I considerate them like my reals siblings.
I'm the youngest. The favorite child, you know.
The oldest is my sister, Aurélia. We have a fiftheen age gap. I really realize she was my sister when I became aunt. Before, I thought she was a friend of my mother, because she live on her father. She was an apprentice hairdresser, so I only see her when she came to cut my hair or mother's hair.
Now, we are very very close. She is one of my favorite people, with my two nephews (I don't know the word for girl, in french it's : nièce).
She have a strong character, and a little bit coleric, but she is a loyal person, kind and I can trust her.
Our mother passed away last week, and we help mutually.
With my brother, it's a little bit complicated. It's the middle child, it seems it's not the easier place.
He lived in Miami for years. I was married with two little boys, but he divorced this year.
I love him, but he leave the house when I was eleven years old, and we didn't speak during a lot of years. He cut the contact with my mother and he never speak again with her.
He contact me again when I was eighteen, but we were like strangers.
We are very different. We dont have same values or objectifs on life.
Today, I try to keep the contact and I call him sometimes.

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I have one sister and one brother.

In reality, we don't have the same father, exactly a different father per childnone of us do, but I considerate them like my reals siblings.

I'm the youngest.

The favorite child, you know.

The oldest is my sister, Aurélia.

We have a fiftheen year age gap.

I realonly realized she was my sister when I becameonce she made me an aunt.

Before, I thought she was a friend of my mother, because she lives onff her father.

She was an apprentice hairdresser, so I only seeaw her whilen she came to cut my hairine or mother's hair.

Now, we are very very close.

She is one of my favorite people, with my two nephews (I don't know the word for girlfemale version, in french it's : nièce).

English sometimes borrows accents but the english 'niece' doesn't

She haves a strong character, and even a little bit choleric, but she is a loyal person, she is kind and I can trust her.

Our mother passed away last week, and we help mutually decided to help each other out.

With my brother, it's a little bit complicated.

It's a case of the middle child, but in this case it seems it's not the easier placst one to be.

He lived in Miami for years.

I was married with two little boys, but he divorced this year.

I love him, but he leaveft the house when I was eleven years old, and we didn't speak during a lot offor many years.

He cut the contact with my mother and he never speak againoke with her again.

He contacted me again when I was eighteen, but we were like strangers.

We are very different.

We don't have sameimilar values or objectifves onf life.

Today, I try to keepmaintain the contact, and I call him sometimes.

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zanyzoe

yesterday

3

Thank you ! :)

My Brother and sSister

Capitalization aside, this is all fine. "My Siblings" would be equivalent, and shorter, should you prefer it.

I have one sister and one brother.

In realityThe truth is, we all don't have the same father, exactly a—that is to say, we each have different father per child, s—but I considerate them like they are my reals siblings.

There is a lot of annoying comments these days about how using em dashes (—) makes your writing look like it was done by AI, but the truth is, that's how you separate out related, but incidental clauses. (A pair of parentheses would have also worked, but the em dash is more appropriate here.)

I'm the youngest.

T(I'm the favorite child, you know.)

A bit cheeky to say, but that is bias on my part. And yes, let's use parentheses here, as opposed to using em dashes from earlier.

The oldest is my sister, Aurélia.

We have a fiftheen-year age gap.

The fixed version is fine; alternatively, you could have said "She is older than me by fifteen years." which is what one would more commonly write.

I realonly realized that she was my sister when I became an aunt.

Before, I thought that she was just a friend of my mother, because she live ond with her father.

She was an apprentice hairdresser, so I only seeaw her whenever she came to cut my hair or my mother's hair.

Now, we are very, very close.

She is one of my favorite people, along with my two niephews (I don't know the word for girl, in french it's : nièce)s.

I am assuming both of your older sister's children are girls; thus, "nieces" (a word that the English language indeed borrowed from the French, among many others). ;) Otherwise, it would have been "with my niece and my nephew" if only one of them is a girl.

She haves a strong character, and is a little bit choleric, but. However, she is a loyal and kind person, kind and I can trust her.

Instead of "strong", "forceful" is what I would have used if I were you, but this is okay.

Our mother passed away last week, and we help mutuallyed each other.

With my brother, it's a little bit complicated.

ItHe's the middle child, and it seems it's not the easier placest position to be in.

He lived in Miami for years.

I was married with two little boys, but hewhile he got divorced this year.

Your "was married" threw me off, but this is indeed correct if you are no longer currently in a relationship with the father of your two boys. Otherwise it ought to be "am married".

I love him, but he leaveft the house when I was eleven years old, and we didn't speak during a lot ofwith each other for many years.

He had cut thehis contact with my mother and he never speakoke again with her.

He contacted me again when I was eighteen, but we were like strangers.

We are very different.

We don't have the same values or objectifves oin life.

Tohese days, I try to keep the contactin touch with him, and I call him sometimes.

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zanyzoe

Oct. 22, 2025

3

Thank you for the correction!

I'm the younger, of course I'm cheeky ! ;)

The actual debate about the "—" is very sad. Good luck for the futures writers!

Oops, I wanted to say "HE was married" = "My brother was married", not me !!!

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arcstorm

Oct. 22, 2025

1

I know; like I said: correct, but cheeky. ;D

If the "two little boys" are your nephews, and not your sons, then "He was married with two little boys, but he got divorced this year." is the correct sentence.

Brother and sister

I have one sister and one brother.

In reality, we don't have the same father, exactly. Each of us has a different father per child, but I considerate them like my reals, but I think of them as full siblings.

I'm the youngest.

TOf course, that makes me the favorite child, you know.!

I modified this to get across a more humorous tone!

The oldest is mMy sister, Aurélia, is the oldest.

What you wrote is grammatically correct, but I usually hear the name specified first in a sentence.

We have a fiftheen-year age gap.

I would write this as, “She is fifteen years older than me.”

I really realizefound out she was my sister when I became an aunt.

BeforeUp to then, I thought she was a friend of my mother,’s because she live ond with her father.

She was an apprentice hairdresser, so I would only see her when she camevisited to cut my hair or mother's hair.

Now, we are very very close.

She is one of my favorite people, along with my two nephews (I don't know the word for girl,; in fFrench it's : nièce).

The word is “niece” in English too. We just omit the accent!

She haves a strong character, andpersonality, a little bit choleric, but she is a loyal person, kind andand kind person, someone I can trust her.

The word “choleric” sounds very literary in English. I might say “irritable” or “touchy.”

Our mother passed away last week, and we help mutuallyave been helping each other through it.

With my brother, it'sthings are a little bitmore complicated.

It'He’s the middle child, itwhich seems it's not the easier placeto be difficult for him.

He lived in Miami for years.

IHe was married with two little boys, but he divorced this year.

I love him, but he leaveft the house when I was eleven years old, and we didn't speak during a lot of yearsfor a long time.

He cut theoff all contact with my mother and they never speakoke again with her.

He contacted me again when I was eighteen, but we were like strangers.

We are very different people.

We dont have same values or objectifves oin life.

ToNowadays, I try to keep thein contact and. I call him sometimes.

Feedback

I have an uncannily similar situation: I’m the youngest of three with a similar age gap. I have similar relationships with my siblings. Half-siblings are a difficult concept to translate; I have trouble with that too! I’m so sorry about your mother. I wish your family all the best!

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zanyzoe

Oct. 22, 2025

3

Thank you for the correction and for the kind words.

Nice to meet you brother from family situation ! (It's really difficult to use humor in another language)
Yes, it's a strange situation. When I speak with others people about my siblings, they always tell me "Oh, so it's not your real sister and brother", and I'm like "WHAAAT ???? Of course they are!".

I don't know for you, but the harder part is the difference on education because of the fathers. We don't understand what they experienced on that side, and vice versa. (I don't know if vice versa is the good expression in english.).

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Jordan_Said

Oct. 22, 2025

4

That’s been my experience too! I’m a college professor but both my half-siblings have struggled to build viable careers. It’s strange how similar families can be in such completely different parts of the world! Like you, I’m close to my sister but I don’t get along with my brother. I’m the favorite too!

zanyzoe's avatar
zanyzoe

Oct. 22, 2025

3

Oh, what do you teach?

Yes, it's a funny coincidence! Where are you from?

Jordan_Said's avatar
Jordan_Said

yesterday

4

I teach mathematics in the Pacific Northwest! I'm trying to learn other languages so I can help my students past communication barriers. I've only ever had one French-speaking student, and she HATED my French accent, so if I try again, I might stick to writing instead of speaking! 😅

Brother and sister


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My Brother and sSister

Capitalization aside, this is all fine. "My Siblings" would be equivalent, and shorter, should you prefer it.

I have one sister and one brother.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

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This sentence has been marked as perfect!

In reality, we don't have the same father, exactly a different father per child, but I considerate them like my reals siblings.


In reality, we don't have the same father, exactly. Each of us has a different father per child, but I considerate them like my reals, but I think of them as full siblings.

In realityThe truth is, we all don't have the same father, exactly a—that is to say, we each have different father per child, s—but I considerate them like they are my reals siblings.

There is a lot of annoying comments these days about how using em dashes (—) makes your writing look like it was done by AI, but the truth is, that's how you separate out related, but incidental clauses. (A pair of parentheses would have also worked, but the em dash is more appropriate here.)

In reality, we don't have the same father, exactly a different father per childnone of us do, but I considerate them like my reals siblings.

I'm the youngest.


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The favorite child, you know.


TOf course, that makes me the favorite child, you know.!

I modified this to get across a more humorous tone!

T(I'm the favorite child, you know.)

A bit cheeky to say, but that is bias on my part. And yes, let's use parentheses here, as opposed to using em dashes from earlier.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

The oldest is my sister, Aurélia.


The oldest is mMy sister, Aurélia, is the oldest.

What you wrote is grammatically correct, but I usually hear the name specified first in a sentence.

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This sentence has been marked as perfect!

We have a fiftheen age gap.


We have a fiftheen-year age gap.

I would write this as, “She is fifteen years older than me.”

We have a fiftheen-year age gap.

The fixed version is fine; alternatively, you could have said "She is older than me by fifteen years." which is what one would more commonly write.

We have a fiftheen year age gap.

I really realize she was my sister when I became aunt.


I really realizefound out she was my sister when I became an aunt.

I realonly realized that she was my sister when I became an aunt.

I realonly realized she was my sister when I becameonce she made me an aunt.

Before, I thought she was a friend of my mother, because she live on her father.


BeforeUp to then, I thought she was a friend of my mother,’s because she live ond with her father.

Before, I thought that she was just a friend of my mother, because she live ond with her father.

Before, I thought she was a friend of my mother, because she lives onff her father.

She was an apprentice hairdresser, so I only see her when she came to cut my hair or mother's hair.


She was an apprentice hairdresser, so I would only see her when she camevisited to cut my hair or mother's hair.

She was an apprentice hairdresser, so I only seeaw her whenever she came to cut my hair or my mother's hair.

She was an apprentice hairdresser, so I only seeaw her whilen she came to cut my hairine or mother's hair.

Now, we are very very close.


Now, we are very very close.

Now, we are very, very close.

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She is one of my favorite people, with my two nephews (I don't know the word for girl, in french it's : nièce).


She is one of my favorite people, along with my two nephews (I don't know the word for girl,; in fFrench it's : nièce).

The word is “niece” in English too. We just omit the accent!

She is one of my favorite people, along with my two niephews (I don't know the word for girl, in french it's : nièce)s.

I am assuming both of your older sister's children are girls; thus, "nieces" (a word that the English language indeed borrowed from the French, among many others). ;) Otherwise, it would have been "with my niece and my nephew" if only one of them is a girl.

She is one of my favorite people, with my two nephews (I don't know the word for girlfemale version, in french it's : nièce).

English sometimes borrows accents but the english 'niece' doesn't

She have a strong character, and a little bit coleric, but she is a loyal person, kind and I can trust her.


She haves a strong character, andpersonality, a little bit choleric, but she is a loyal person, kind andand kind person, someone I can trust her.

The word “choleric” sounds very literary in English. I might say “irritable” or “touchy.”

She haves a strong character, and is a little bit choleric, but. However, she is a loyal and kind person, kind and I can trust her.

Instead of "strong", "forceful" is what I would have used if I were you, but this is okay.

She haves a strong character, and even a little bit choleric, but she is a loyal person, she is kind and I can trust her.

Our mother passed away last week, and we help mutually.


Our mother passed away last week, and we help mutuallyave been helping each other through it.

Our mother passed away last week, and we help mutuallyed each other.

Our mother passed away last week, and we help mutually decided to help each other out.

With my brother, it's a little bit complicated.


With my brother, it'sthings are a little bitmore complicated.

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It's the middle child, it seems it's not the easier place.


It'He’s the middle child, itwhich seems it's not the easier placeto be difficult for him.

ItHe's the middle child, and it seems it's not the easier placest position to be in.

It's a case of the middle child, but in this case it seems it's not the easier placst one to be.

He lived in Miami for years.


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I was married with two little boys, but he divorced this year.


IHe was married with two little boys, but he divorced this year.

I was married with two little boys, but hewhile he got divorced this year.

Your "was married" threw me off, but this is indeed correct if you are no longer currently in a relationship with the father of your two boys. Otherwise it ought to be "am married".

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I love him, but he leave the house when I was eleven years old, and we didn't speak during a lot of years.


I love him, but he leaveft the house when I was eleven years old, and we didn't speak during a lot of yearsfor a long time.

I love him, but he leaveft the house when I was eleven years old, and we didn't speak during a lot ofwith each other for many years.

I love him, but he leaveft the house when I was eleven years old, and we didn't speak during a lot offor many years.

He cut the contact with my mother and he never speak again with her.


He cut theoff all contact with my mother and they never speakoke again with her.

He had cut thehis contact with my mother and he never speakoke again with her.

He cut the contact with my mother and he never speak againoke with her again.

He contact me again when I was eighteen, but we were like strangers.


He contacted me again when I was eighteen, but we were like strangers.

He contacted me again when I was eighteen, but we were like strangers.

He contacted me again when I was eighteen, but we were like strangers.

We are very different.


We are very different people.

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We dont have same values or objectifs on life.


We dont have same values or objectifves oin life.

We don't have the same values or objectifves oin life.

We don't have sameimilar values or objectifves onf life.

Today, I try to keep the contact and I call him sometimes.


ToNowadays, I try to keep thein contact and. I call him sometimes.

Tohese days, I try to keep the contactin touch with him, and I call him sometimes.

Today, I try to keepmaintain the contact, and I call him sometimes.

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