Yeah he was

I'm sorry no disrespect but what her character did was cold 🥶😔

@@corduerorose9747 She was still relatively young at the time - and scared.

And also she was raised by a father. So of course Tia welcomed him with open arms never having a real father in her life versus Tamara having a father her whole life.

Unlike most dad ??? I personally only know one men that walked away from a child. I also know a women who walked away also. Yes it happens, but why are we being sexist and pretending most men wouldn't be searching for their kids.

LMAOOOOO FR!!

Lol 😂 fr tho

I’m Ctfu

Sister: Hey, let's head to mall... wanna find a hat, shoes and purse to match, and maybe another relative? Sister: That's silly.... let me get my coat! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

At least this time no one had to call security 😂

Happened in real life too with some of these agencies

It could also be the writing.

@@manxgirl like he said the idea of a white guy looking for 2 black babies in the 70s raises alot of eyebrows. So of course he would get trouble.

@@manxgirl he said it had been three weeks when he got back and they were already adopted. Logically in the 70’s that could be the amount of time letters took to reach the other side of the country. Just seems the girls got adopted quickly within those few weeks

@@manxgirl babies get adopted quickly.

Great insight

True, it comes both ways 🙌🏽

That makes TOTAL SENSE

Well said!👏

Exactly

Yep. He was basically cheated out of that chance

​@@joewhitehead3That's what's really tragic about that. There are so many men out there who want to be fathers. But fate, it seems always intervenes.😢

Yeah but white

I completely agree with you

A movie on the origin story of Sister Sister would be a beautifully tragic film. A love story in the 70s of an interracial couple that has a tragic end would be beautiful.

I can imagine how tragic their parents backstory could’ve been…even though interracial marriage and relationships have been legal since 1968 (check out the case of Richard and Mildred Loving for the backstory) some members of society still frowned upon folks dating outside their own race and like he said he wasn’t married to their birth mother and he had no real way to prove paternity other than his word so that’s probably why he was never able to find them and was also denied access to their adoption records plus since the mother died of childbirth complications he couldn’t ask her why she didn’t tell him about her pregnancy cause I would like to think that if he knew about the girls before they were born not only would he have been on the first flight back to Florida he probably would’ve married her before he left but with her dead they probably will never get a definitive answer

@@plumgirl1000 oh wow so it was only legal for ten years before they were born in 1979

would be a bit of a tragic story, i mean you have lovers separating while the girl dies, and the man is separated from the kids he never knew about

I just got done watching this season on Netflix and their biological Father does show up in the shows final episode as well for Lisa's wedding.

Actually they mentioned him in another episode. There was a line about how they had 3 fathers (Ray, Matt and the guy Lisa ended up with) to which Tamera replied "Dang, Father's Day is gonna wipe us out."

In the last episode, Tamera goes to spend the summer with him

He's in the series finale, Tamera joins him for the summer and they go to Africa. Matt was the photographer for Lisa's wedding even had scenes with Jordan and Tyreke.

I’m adopted and met my birthmother and didn’t think much of it. My birth father I spoke to him a few time and didn’t want to meet him. I have my family. All they did was made me.

I'd want that place Shut Down

@@14omoon and new laws put in place. Back in the day adoption was like the old West basically no rules and even less inforcement. People would sell babies if they deemed the mother too poor or had committed some sin like not being married or being from a different faith.

Blame the patriarchy. Men made the laws that exist. Single men for the longest time were denied custody because they were single men. Probably still happens. Even if he could prove it with a dna test, things were really just starting to change in the nineties.

Happens a lot wit black mothers n biracial babies all the time

@@JAVONEETHEMOMMY I can see that. Our system sucks.

Me too

What’s crazy is she’s the one who never had a dad in Twitches only a mother

@@NyxSpirit it’s ironic because in real life Tia has mentioned being super close to her father but Tamera seems like she’s closer to her mother

@@xxBlueCinnamonxx ohh really??

@@xxBlueCinnamonxx I always thought it was the other way around because Tia talks so glowingly about her mother & a lot of her views about racism come from seeing her moms experience, Tamera married a guy who is in a lot of ways like her father & she said she tends to be overprotective over her mom when it come to her meeting new people but she’s cool with her dad & his relationship

Very miraculous indeed. They should make it into a sitcom episode...oh wait..

It is ..but this actor is so matter of fact as the father...

I think the shock and her love/loyalty towards Ray is what led her to react this way.

I'll never forget that episode when she told Ray he was not her father. She never even apologized for saying it even though he took care of her for 6 yrs. She definitely should've shown Ray more respect

Well Lisa had had a similar reaction when she thought they'd tracked down their mother.

@@shaneestokes880 well Ray never claimed Tia as a daughter, unlike Lisa who claimed Tamera and treated her like her own

​@shaneestokes880 🤔 which episode was that? I haven't seen the show in a long time

I remember this episode like yesterday

Same!

I missed Roger during this last season.

Same. Tia and Tamera's relationships and college life took away from Lisa and Ray's roles in the show. I didn't like that cuz those parents, especially Lisa, were the funniest!

@@ArtComMusic Lisa is a riot amd Ray omg his mannerisms.etc very funny

A huge chunk of African Americans are"biracial"

@@jaymillymills statistically that’s not really true. You are confusing multigenerational mixed with biracial. It’s not the same thing. Technically, biracial means you have parents of two different “races”. Most black people still have two black parents. Multigenerational mixed is when your ancestors are of different racial groups.

Reli...its obvious to me thwyre mixed

I remember being shocked as well, but this came from growing up in predominately white area where I didn't see many black people and basically grouped anyone not white or hispanic-looking as "black". Plus, Media in general typically showed girls identifying as black with black fathers more so than white fathers unless they're adopted. So them showcasing black girls with white fathers really was eye-opening and important since the actresses' father was white.

We come in many different shades

She's always been the best in my opinion. So expressive

On POINT. I nearly cried

I guess both Tia and Tamera were adopted when they were little and they don’t know each other’s genetic traits are. And I guess they both are just two different people and they are fraternal twins by birth.

Facts! I've always admired both of their acting skills!

I agree! Tamera's kids are mixed as well!

Tia couldn't keep a straight face 😂

The Mowry siblings are half white in real life

@@kedwards8373 yup

That was hilarious 🤣

"most people pick up on that" lol

Oh that's so awesome.

Wow! Awesome

Wow! That's awesome to hear!

He dam good..

That’s fantastic!

I agree. I always loved Tia when I first watched Sister, Sister but after rewatching and finishing the show because it's on Netflix, Tamera became my favorite twin. Her character grew so much and she changed a lot from S1 - S6.

@@ieshagames Absolutely. Tia is good too, but I really enjoy watching Tamera.

@Phoebe's Convenience Tia is on the game not Tamera

YES!!!! I love Tamera’s growth from being boy crazy and kinda nonchalant about school, to really maturing and her relationship w Jordan is the BEST! I really wish the show ran for at least 8 seasons, I would’ve loved to see more Jamera and have them end up engaged at the end. Tamera’s dramatic acting can be seen on Strong Medicine, she played Kayla and she was so good! You have to see the episode where Tia guest stars as her twin w a mental illness, it’s SO GOOD, I mean Tia really nailed that episode butt Tamera’s parts were great too

I totally, wholeheartedly agree!!!

LOL same but then I understood where she was coming from when she spoke to Ray. Ray did an excellent job letting her know he will always be her father but she should give her real one a chance.

It wasn't his fault she was wrong can't change the blood

Exactly. A completely normal reaction. There is no law that says you HAVE to have a relationship with your birth parents if you’re adopted. That’s the decision the child gets to make. AND they were adults at the time, so they can make their own decisions about what to do.

I just finished watching the entire show so you should too.

They should make a rerun now years later. That would actually be very interesting.

You want more shows with abandoned kids?

Same

Yes, giving us real “reality” show… not these catty bickering shows with no substance… I’d rather watch cartoons than what’s on TV today smh

And now she’s married to a white man.

@@TheRock2004 the irony gods smite her

LMFAO sounds like something my mom would do

Ok. Their father in real life is white.

@@ndo533 you have problems!

Funny they are part white anyway

@@choppersworld5094 half * I know it’s the same thing it’s weird too say Part lol

I love how black people can be racist

@@d0narroyo saying he's white isn't racist dummy 😂

@@sezzyridge oh yeah I forgot, black people cant be racist lol did I pass critical race theory? Lol

Sorry you had to go through that

Im so sorry, That must have been really hurtful. Your birth father is probably a damaged person. I hope you find the love you deserve from other people.

I'm so sorry that you had to go through that. I don't really have an in-person relationship with my biological father but I do know who he is even though I felt hurt af when my mother told me the truth. Because like Tamera, I had a dad growing up so the outcome of finding out from my mother that someone else was my biological father had hurt.

@@sarahpalmer8100 Awe, thank you for the kind words I appreciate them. And to the part where he’s probably damaged yes I assume because he’s still living off the back of his mother and he’s in his 50s so that says a lot about where he is mentally.

Your story makes me sad. I hope you have found light and happiness and peace after that.

of course they r bc Hollywood hates casting darkskinned actresses

@@Erika-ox3tq Well,That's True,But They Are Very Different. Tia Is In Touch With Her Black Side,Tamera Wants White Love And Approval,Since Their White Father's Family Disowned Him For Marrying Their Black Mother. Tia Is The Black Twin,Tamera Is The White Twin!!!

@@gregoryjones9546 🙄

It's so different from how clearly mixed girls are matched with pure black families in Hollywood

@@Erika-ox3tq I don’t think this applies since the actresses are actually biracial and the characters are biracial. It would be different if, for instance like most shows/movies, we had a light skinned daughter in a family full of black skinned parents or when we have fully black characters still portrayed with lighter skinned actresses but this isn’t the instance that you’re criticizing which definitely needs to be criticized but only when it actually applies.

There IS a saying: Any man can be a DAD BUT it takes a special man to be a FATHER!

@@Capohanf1 Realize that but, I would like to know the other half of my family that I know nothing about.

​@@Capohanf1It's the other way around. Anyone can be a father but it takes a special man to be a dad.❤😊🇯🇲

I'm sure they knew they were mixed race lol

@@woke1497 you'd be suprised their are people in the real world who thought they were one race only to find out they are another

@@ziejackson6236 but it kinda doesn't matter though 😅 because in the U.S everything is intertwined and was colonized

@@woke1497 well it does matter on a personal level growing thinking you are one thing finding out you are another can lead to a personal identity crisis

@@woke1497 the characters they played on the show didn’t know they were mixed race. Tamera literally said “you’re white”

Exactly

Lisa said in the first episode she was divorced, and that she and her ex had adopted Tia. Ray was a widower, he and his late wife had adopted Tamera.

Season 4 episode 2and this one in season 6 are the halves of the series plot.

She was also at a line with the things she was saying.

What was his name 😂 l

@@denysedenyse4070 She doesn't know. She made it up! lol

@@denysedenyse4070 His name was Anthony Carreiro I went there in 2004 to 2006

Ayye, I go there ! LMFAO

@@ms.bubs4fun506 jokes on you weirdo

Mr. Sullivan: If Racelle Gavin is your mother, I’m your father.

And people are defending her on here. Tamera just wasn't a nice person, she was the one with the bad attitude.

There is no law that says you HAVE to accept your birth parents if you’re adopted. Tamera was an adult at this point. It’s her decision if she wants to have a relationship with him or not.

Tamera wasn’t cruel here. She was a adult at this point. and plus he forgave her because he understood how tamera felt because tamera already had a father.

@@peachesj4748 Tamera was not the only one with that attitude. Tia had some bad attitude sometimes, but tamera has the right to feel that way because she feels like he’s walking into her life trying to be her father when she already has one .Tamera was basically an adult here so she has the right to feel that way, but he already understood the way tamera felt because he already for gave her at that point.

@@peachesj4748 and Tamera is a nice person. Tia is not a nice person sometimes.Sometimes Tamera might have her not nice moments but tamera is a nice person inside her heart.

Uhm, these girls are obviously biracial. We realized that as kids watching the show. Beside, their real life father is white.

@@WhoCares3001 I didn’t Know they were biracial until freshmen year of high school. I grew up with cousins and siblings with similar features. On my channel you can see my little sister has what could pass for biracial but we came from two black parents. I didn’t even know what mixed was until I attended an all white school later in life..then everything was about race. Because if you weren’t white they had to find a box to put you in 🙄. However, I don’t think anyone is denying who they are today, so lets not be defensive. Or make people feel dumb for incorrectly identifying one’s race. It just goes to show race is objective. Race is an ancient construct. Race is an anomaly.

@@DajiaStar Lmao, ok! Not in the mood nor do I care enough to point out the obvious potholes here.

@@WhoCares3001 a lot of black people are just lightskin like them they definitely pass for just being black

@@diamondcole9502 Please! Stop! Anyway, not the conversation here.

Exactly. Spot on because they are mixed

Hell, people do this now!

@@PeteMcCorvey Its crazy to think that in the next forty years that some dude is going to be like....it's it was 2021 times were different we didn't have the technology available back then lol

@@GameOn71213 it was the 20s

Wasn't this originally aired on abc? They had to uphold family values. 🙄

@@AirQuotes Lol, that stuck out to me too. The scandalized reaction of the girls would not be a thing in any modern sitcom.

Nah, they always looked different. I dont know how to explain it, but besides the mole thing, tamera always had a more goofy face, while tia was more defined and serious looking

@@kathycookie15 yeah I hear ya slim lol. But they still looked identical when they were younger 😂👍

Sorry to hear that

😞

Awww love 💕

I wish mine left me

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Twitches is basically Sister Sister but the girls are from a magical kingdom in a different dimension,lol.

Last part isn’t so far fetched.

Ray (Tamera's adopted father) wasn't single. He and his wife adopted her but then she died, so that's why he raised her by himself.

@@pnayxkay yeah that’s right she came back as a ghost in one episode

It’s well known, they talk about their parents all the time.

@@aahmirjoseph right.

Der

@@MrB590 Aww, don’t be mean! 😂

Well I didn't know till a couple of years ago

And what's wrong with Tia's character?

@@seanreyes6866 I thought they were making her out to be bratty, selfish, and the butt of every joke. I didn’t like how Tamara seemed to look down on her. I think most of it was me projecting. I’m the younger sister in a two sister pair (not twins, but a year apart). I’m the smarter one, and I used to be a bitch to my older sister (granted, different set of circumstances. She was also a problem child, and I think that’s important to acknowledge). I used to make fun of her for commenting on things she knew little/nothing about. I was a kid at the time, but still, watching the (I think) second last or last season reminded me too much of it (my sister and I are much better now though) so I bailed.

Lol I thought both acted like that from the start and although great acting from everyone especially the supporting cast many things were not realistic looking back

Season 6 of Sister Sister had some memorable moments in it like this one but on the whole the writing well was starting to run dry. The fact that no sooner did Lisa meet Ray’s longtime college buddy for the first time then the two of them decided to get married. Like, uh, how about living together first for at least a year? Plus, Season 6 started to get very political on the male vs. female gender stereotyping in almost every episode. It was as if the writers themselves had some personal axes to grind at the time or something.

The Matt Sullivan character was featured in the remaining episodes of Sister Sister before the series was cancelled. The series finale concluded with Tamera joining Matt for a meaningful father-daughter safari in Africa for the summer.

I kind of think Tamera’s behavior was kind of ridiculous. You can have multiple father figures/mother figures in your life. Acknowledging your biological parent doesn’t take away from the person who raised you vise versa. She feels like she needs to be loyal, but that’s unnecessary.

@@themelanatednomad6989 but you do realize that's something really significant to come to terms with. Everyone is different, you can't expect anyone to just accept it. It's not ridiculous.

@@WaffleAssasinX3 Yes, it’s significant and yes you’re right everyone is different but the reality is you are adopted. Your relationships are going to be understandably different from someone who isn’t. Tamera was fine with finding her mother, but never thought of her biological father? She then proceeded to argue with him as if her adoptive father’s position in her life was being threatened. C’mon.

@@WaffleAssasinX3 I think her reaction was extra because if we go by the lines she said to him it seems as if he was some dead beat trying to renter their lives when it was through no fault of his own that he wasn’t with them so throwing out “he’s the only father I need” is misplaced considering the situation ya know

@@themelanatednomad6989 What Tamera doesn't realize there is room for both of them one is not taking over for the other. The biological dad has missed out on seeing them grow up. He tries to catch up on what he missed. Ray is not being replaced, he'll never be replaced. Mr. Sullivan isn't taking over, he just wants to catch up on what he missed.