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The Secrets of Super Siblings

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From left to right, top to bottom: 1. Wojcicki: Janet, Anne and Susan 2. Simmons: Danny, Joseph (Rev Run) and Russell 3. Antonoff: Rachel and Jack 4. Srinivasan: Sri, Srija and Srinija (pictured with their parents and other family members) 5. Dungey: Merrin and Channing 6. Lin: Tan and Maya (with their mother) 7. Rodriguez: Ivelisse, Rebecca and Gina (with their father) 8. Gay: Joel, Roxane and Michael Jr. (with their parents) 9. Emanuel: Zeke, Rahm and Ari
From left to right, top to bottom: 1. Wojcicki: Janet, Anne and Susan 2. Simmons: Danny, Joseph (Rev Run) and Russell 3. Antonoff: Rachel and Jack 4. Srinivasan: Sri, Srija and Srinija (pictured with their parents and other family members) 5. Dungey: Merrin and Channing 6. Lin: Tan and Maya (with their mother) 7. Rodriguez: Ivelisse, Rebecca and Gina (with their father) 8. Gay: Joel, Roxane and Michael Jr. (with their parents) 9. Emanuel: Zeke, Rahm and AriAll photos courtesy of the families
By Charlotte Alter

Every night for 20 years, Gino Rodriguez knelt beside his three daughters’ beds and whispered an incantation. As rats the size of footballs skittered along the floor of the basement apartment on the South Side of Chicago, he repeated the same five words into each girl’s ear as she slept: “I can and I will.” The message was always the same, and the audience was always asleep…

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