Cape Town – Rachel Kolisi recently celebrated a decade since she and her husband Siya Kolisi welcomed his younger siblings, Liyema and Liphelo, into their family.
In an Instagram post, Rachel reflected on how, 10 years ago, the siblings came to stay with them in Cape Town to see if they were comfortable before making the move permanent.
“While celebrating Liphelo’s birthday last week, and having all 4 kids home for the weekend, we reflected on the fact that almost to the day, 10 years ago, Liphelo and Liyema came to spend a week with us in Cape Town to see that they were comfortable to make the move and come stay with us forever. I was 24 years old Nic was 3 months old, Liphelo had just turned 7 and Liyema 12. 10 years, of the greatest gift God could have ever given me. ❤️” wrote Rachel, whilst sharing throwback pictures of the Kolisi clan.
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Siya, who adopted his siblings after their mother’s death in 2009, had found them in foster care and faced an 18-month legal process to complete the adoption, The Guardian reported.
“My little sister didn’t know me. She had been crawling when I last saw her. I told the woman taking care of them that I was going to take them for December holidays that year, which I did. But afterwards I said I can’t send them back” the report quoted him as saying in 2018.
“I had to go through a legal process, which I started after that holiday. It took about 18 months, but I finally legally adopted them,” he said.
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