February 1, 2025

Simone Biles has had another historic win at the Paris Olympics, and her family was there to cheer her on in the stands. Amongst them was her little sister Adria, who knows all about a life in gymnastics.

Simone has three siblings, but she was raised by her parents Ronald and Nellie Biles along with Adria. The children were placed in foster care at a young age, then officially adopted by their grandparents, who they simply call their parents. Their other siblings, Tevin and Ashley, were adopted by their great-aunt. Simone and Adria were raised in Houston while Tevin and Ashley headed to Cleveland, Ohio.

Here’s everything to know about Adria, her relationship to Simone, and her relationship to the family’s favorite sport.

25-year-old Adria Biles was placed in foster care when she was only an infant, along with then three-year-old Simone. On her Facebook Watch series, Simone vs. Herself in the episode “Who Am I?”, Simone said, “I don’t remember a lot about foster care, but I definitely knew that we had been taken from our biological mom and then you just think you’re going to go back to her.”

The pair were not split up and were officially adopted three years later by Ronald and Nellie. Their parents placed Simone in gymnastics classes when she about six, and Adria followed soon after. She’s gone on to study dentistry, and plans to specialize in dental hygiene, according to Yahoo News.

Since her sister’s star has risen, Adria has had to become more of a media figure, and even participated in a season of Claim to Fame. She used her middle name Louise as a pseudonym, but got eliminated halfway through when someone guessed who her famous family member was. She told USA Today, “I played the game and I wasn’t mad about leaving because I did pretty good and stayed longer than most expected.”

The two girls do share a strong family resemblance as well. Adria told ESPN that after the 2016 Rio Olympics, she was mistaken for Simone all the time.

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