Gigi and Bella Hadid Introduce Their Half-Sister Aydan Nix: ‘We’ve Cherished This Unexpected and Beautiful Addition to Our Family’

Gigi and Bella Hadid are sharing that they person a 3rd sister.

The supermodel sisters announced that they person a 23-year-old half-sister named Aydan Nix, successful a connection to nan Daily Mail connected Thursday, May 29.

Aydan is nan girl of Mohamed Hadid and Terri Hatfield Dull. Gigi, 30, and Bella, 28, revealed that Aydan was calved aft Mohamed’s “brief romance” pinch Dull — and aft Mohamed, 76, and Yolanda Hadid divided successful 2001.

Their connection explained that Aydan was calved and raised successful Florida, and grew up pinch “the man she lovingly knew arsenic her begetter until his abrupt passing erstwhile she was 19.” 

But aft his death, Aydan took “a familial trial retired of curiosity,” and she would soon recognize her “biological connection” to nan Hadid children. “We first connected successful precocious 2023, and from that infinitesimal on, we’ve embraced Aydan pinch unfastened arms.”

“She’s spent clip pinch each of us, including our dad, and we’ve cherished this unexpected and beautiful summation to our family,” nan connection continued. “As siblings, we’ve had galore unfastened and loving conversations— pinch Aydan included —about really to support and protect her.”

“Aydan and her family worth their privacy, and we afloat respect that. We kindly inquire others to do nan aforesaid and grant her wish and correct to her anonymity arsenic she continues her life arsenic a young female successful New York,” nan connection concluded. 

PEOPLE reached retired to representatives for Gigi and Bella for further comment.

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The Daily Mail reported that Mohamed and Dull’s narration ended earlier she discovered she was pregnant pinch Aydan. But, he allegedly “always knew” astir his youngest daughter. Though he reportedly has “not provided” her pinch financial support, per nan outlet. 

A family root told nan outlet that Mohamed is “cordial and pleasant” pinch his sixth child. “There’s communal respect,” nan root said, per nan outlet. “But there’s besides discretion.”

The outlet reported that he was expected to be Aydan’s assemblage graduation from nan Parsons School of Design successful May, but reportedly canceled astir a week before. The Parsons postgraduate hopes to activity successful nan manner manufacture arsenic a designer, stylist and influencer.

Mohamed shares Gigi, Bella and son, Anwar Hadid, 25, pinch ex-wife, Yolanda. He besides shares daughters Marielle, 44, and Alana, 41, pinch his first wife, Mary Butler.