Knox had been a "late bloomer" in terms of dating, so news that she had met Raffaele Sollecito made her sister happy.

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The youngest sister, attorney Gus, resents the aloofness of middle sister Pia (Olympia) but also wishes to make her happy by reuniting her with a lost love.

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"We are so happy to have Amanda and her daughter home, " her sister, Beth Serrano, told reporters.

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Even after he married Knipper, he was happy for his beloved wife just to visit him while his unmarried sister went on running his house as before.

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But, I was really happy to finally be able to do at least one thing to help my sister during this last stage of your life.

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"Every time I saw her, she was so giddy and happy, " said Amanda D'Ambrose, 23, Alan Diaz's sister.

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Like many writers who extol masculine virtues, Kipling seems to have been happiest in the company of women, particularly his sister Trix, but his marriage, which coincided with this departure from India, was not happy.

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