Her mother, Andrea, is a former dancer herself and she has a younger brother and sister, James and Zaylie.
Nikki Johnson said her sister is a well-trained woman, and she has faith in her sister's resilience.
"My sister is a heroine, because she has freed her heart, her soul and also her future from the weight of the secret, " Nastassja Kinski said.
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"We, the family, are supporting each other here at Maria's side and we take great comfort from the remarkable medical care she has been receiving, " her sister Isabel said in a statement released by the Russian-owned team.
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Her sister has said she loved the children and is a peaceful woman.
"The service today has been such a beautiful representation of my sister, " she said.
She said that Marc's sister Natalie, who police confirmed was driving the car, has a young son.
In recent days, she has been in contact with a couple who found out after they were married that they were brother and sister.
The nanny's sister has said Ms Ortega loved the children she looked after and had never been known as a violent woman.
But she still has a possible rival in the shape of Edmund Stoiber, the leader of the Christian Democrats' Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, who wowed the delegates the next day.
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