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Simone Biles has long credited her parents, Ronald and Nellie Biles, with helping her achieve her Olympic dreams. When she was 6 years old, Simone Biles was adopted, along with her younger sister Adria, by their biological grandfather, Ronald Biles, and his wife Nellie. The adoption took place three years after the sisters and their two older siblings were placed in foster care because their mom, who struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, was in and out of jail.
Simone Biles called her adoption a 'turning point' in her life The athlete called her adoption a “'turning point' in her life, one that 'set me up for a better route at life,' during an emotional moment in the 2021 Facebook Watch. “I would still be Simone Biles, probably not Simone Biles that everybody else knows, the world knows.
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