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.
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! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Well Tamara’s reaction is normal because she already had a father from when she was a baby. Tia’s reaction makes sense too because she always had a mother but not a father all her life. So she would be more excited about her biological father than Tamara who always had Ray.
So, this adoption agency put twins up for adoption SEPARATELY and then when the father comes back to claim they they refuse. I would seek legal counsel if I were them.
@@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
Sister Sister definitely should’ve got a few more seasons. I would’ve loved for them to touch on their real parents story and the backlash they probably faced.
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
@@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.
One issue I had with this was that this was the only time their biological father was mentioned or seen. I wish they’d done more episodes of them getting to know each other
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."
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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
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
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!
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.
Tamera is such a great actress, loved this scene but I also love how easily she’s able to transition from dramatic to comedic in one line. She’s so underrated.
I think Tamera's vast acting range and ability is underrated. She has FABULOUS comedic Instinct and fearlessness like you find and people like Lucille Ball. Then she also has a beautiful depth in dramatic acting. It's so good and realistically appropriate. I would love to see her in some dramas or even as a regular on a soap opera, as corny as it sounds.
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.
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
You know there is some good acting going on when a 4minute scene makes you teary eyed. When Tamera stood up and said who her real father was I had to stop the tears from rolling down my face. As it's a sitcom you forget how incredibly talented all of the actors were.
Back then This episode gave me so much hope in finding my birth father. But when I found him he didn’t want anything to do with me. Some people just don’t want to be found.
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.
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.
Being a child of adoption I absolutely loved watching this show. Also I can understand the emotions that they go through on the show. I never got to meet my birth father and always wanted to meet him just to say I know who my birth father is but, at the same time I know the difference between a father and a daddy.
@@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!!!
@@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.
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.
So I watched sister sister growing up and it just occurred to me they aren't just finding their birth father they are also finding out for the first time they are mixed raced, that will knock anyone sideways
@@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
“Now look, Mr. Sullivan, I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but you’re white” 😂 I remember watching this episode as a teen and I never forgot it. Throughout the years I would randomly say it (I’m silly 🤪) So when it came on Netflix I couldn’t wait to get to this episode lol. My daughter finally got to see where I got it come
This makes me so sad. I always thought that their father gave the twins up for adoption after the mother died because he didn't have the means to care for them. Which of course is already sad, but it would have been his choice. Finding out that he'd been looking for them for years is heartbreaking.
Tamera was just too cruel here. The man didn’t abandon them like so many dead beats. He literally didn’t know they existed. He dreamed of they’re faces for years and what it would be like to see them one day. And this encounter just shattered him.
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.
It’s a really beautiful contrast compared to another sitcom that focused on realizing family isn’t just your immediate flesh and blood. Take for example, Fresh Prince of BelAir. We followed Will with his extended family of uncle, aunt, and cousins - then as soon as his father comes back into his life, Will is ready to ditch the family that was there for him and go chasing after his daddy. Only to find out his father still wasn’t ready to truly be around for him. Tia & Tamera had their birth father who readily admits the very unfortunate circumstances that led to his not raising them, but had always been looking to find his girls. Sure, he’s a perfect stranger to these two grown women today. Still, their birth and adoption wasn’t a case of their parents abandoning / walking out. I’m glad they both accept him into their adult lives for the final season.
@@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.
Just because the birth father comes back into your life, doest take away from the man that raised you. And I'd doubt he try. He'd just want to get to know you and build some kind of relationship
What’s so interesting in this scene is that in Twitches (spoilers spoilers spoilers ahead), Cameryn (also played by Tamera) has a hard time accepting her birth place and mother because she already has parents back home. Coincidentally she hugged her adoptive father like she did in this episode after this scene.
I remember watching sister sister for years as a kid and I'm so glad to see them have closure. But there are soooo many issues with this. I wish Tia/Tamera finding their dad would have made more sense.
Tamara was such a brat....She always got jealous anytime Ray tried to be there for Tia, but never had a problem using Lisa...Now she wants to throw Ray in Tia's face when she's excited about finding their birth father...SMH...
as a second born twin with no father I am crying pretty uncontrollably right now. I would love to have a dad who cared about me and was as pretty as this man is!
@@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
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
I understand Tamara's reaction. I am adopted myself. If some random person comes up to me and says they are my birth parents I would have the same reaction.
Now I feel bad for ditching before the last season. I was loving it until the later seasons when I started hating the way the writers were treating 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
A lot of adoptees feel that way, by the time they grow up they longer have any interest in meeting their biological parents. I am adopted myself. The only family I know is the ones that was there when I was younger. Now IF my biological mother comes into the picture, fine. However, I've grown well into adulthood to start acknowledging a stranger as my mother. However, that does not mean there isn't room enough for the both of them.
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.
My younger self would be sorry for Tamera. Now that I'm older I'm a bit irritated the way she acted. He literally just said he didn't know their mother was pregnant and when he did find out he tried to find them and then as if she was deaf, "sorry I already have a dad, that was there for me" ugh. but I also do understand that it was probably quite a shock to her, some random guy saying that he's her father with no proof or anything on top of that also finding out what their mother looked like finally.
Tamara's reaction was kinda weird. They where looking for their birth parents. Yes her real father is Ray but her birth father was actively looking for her. But I'm pretty sure that alot of her agitation was from learning that the birth mother they're searching for is dead.
i kind of found my family like this. me and my brothers were all adopted out to different people. but each of us were given a part of a coin cut like a puzzle piece. and one day each of us got a letter and a ticket to twins Arizona for the twins convention. i found one of my sisters because she had part of a coin as well. we talked for a while and walked around and we found her sister talking to 2 other girls my other sisters. we are all sitting at a table talking and we litterly see my brothers walking around looking for me i guess because they had there coins out. i yelled and got there attention and we all finally met.
@@darkwinglance2478 And when you put the coins together, that’s when you all discovered your powers and that you were the descendants of the rulers of an ancient kingdom that had once been ruled harmoniously until the pasta nation struck, and since then it’s been under the rule of the evil Lord Alfredosauce 😈, for the past 4000 years, and only you and your siblings working together, as you learn to control and harness your powers, can defeat him and his dark pasta water magic because you are _The Chosen Ones,_ right?
I just found my biological mother on fb on November 15th. I was adopted and my mother changed my name so when my biological mother was trying to search for me she couldn’t find me because she was looking under the wrong name. it’s crazy how i just went on fb typed in my real last name and that’s how i was able to find her
Tamera’s reaction really didn’t surprise me. She had a father all her life. Her maturity was never really up there either, IM JUST SAYING 😂😂😂😂. He was looking for them the whole time.
I think Tamara's reaction was rude. I could see her reacting that way if she had always thought Ray was her biological dad. But she knew her biological dad might be somewhere out there. Most adopted children dream of meeting their biological parents.
I can understand Tamara's reaction, but to be fair unlike most dads, Mr Sullivan was actually looking for them
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.
This family just loves finding each other in public places lol
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 😂
Well Tamara’s reaction is normal because she already had a father from when she was a baby. Tia’s reaction makes sense too because she always had a mother but not a father all her life. So she would be more excited about her biological father than Tamara who always had Ray.
Great insight
True, it comes both ways 🙌🏽
That makes TOTAL SENSE
Well said!👏
Exactly
So, this adoption agency put twins up for adoption SEPARATELY and then when the father comes back to claim they they refuse. I would seek legal counsel if I were them.
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.
The only time a absent biological father from a TV show that actually wanted to be a father.
💯🙌🏾🙏🏽
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
Sister Sister definitely should’ve got a few more seasons. I would’ve loved for them to touch on their real parents story and the backlash they probably faced.
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
Tamera was always a Daddy’s girl! She never played about Ray Campbell! 🤣💕
This entire clip is a lawsuit waiting to happen. The fact that they separated babies and denied the bio dad even a chance. Just horrible
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.
One issue I had with this was that this was the only time their biological father was mentioned or seen. I wish they’d done more episodes of them getting to know each other
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.
Tamera was in shock. I can understand that and I can understand because Ray was there but the Sullivan guy tried to find them. It wasn’t his fault
I love Tamera’s acting in this scene. She does very well in dramatic moments
Me too
I was so surprised the child to find out that Tia and Tamera were actually biracial (both in the show and in real life) 😂
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
It was very miraculous that they found their biological father.
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...
Tia is excited because she did not have a father growing up.
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
Tia has never had a father, so her accepting him right away is normal.
Tamera is indenial
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 wasn't into the final season all like that, but this was one of the better episodes that came out of it.
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
The actor who played their biological father in this episode was my theater teacher at Long Beach City College.
Oh that's so awesome.
Wow! Awesome
Wow! That's awesome to hear!
He dam good..
That’s fantastic!
Tamera acting was on point
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.
Is sweet that they gave them closure on their origins.
Tamera is such a great actress, loved this scene but I also love how easily she’s able to transition from dramatic to comedic in one line. She’s so underrated.
Facts! I've always admired both of their acting skills!
Very believable range of emotions from all the actors here. Nice detail that the twins and the Dad have similar noses.
I think Tamera's vast acting range and ability is underrated.
She has FABULOUS comedic Instinct and fearlessness like you find and people like Lucille Ball.
Then she also has a beautiful depth in dramatic acting. It's so good and realistically appropriate.
I would love to see her in some dramas or even as a regular on a soap opera, as corny as it sounds.
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!!!
tamera is soo funny lol in this episode 😅🤣😃 "now mr sullivan look i dont need to be rude but your white "😂😂
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
You know there is some good acting going on when a 4minute scene makes you teary eyed. When Tamera stood up and said who her real father was I had to stop the tears from rolling down my face. As it's a sitcom you forget how incredibly talented all of the actors were.
I understand both Tia and Tamera 's reactions. I need to finish this series now!!
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.
I like how they made their dad white just like their real life father. They kept it authentic to what they really are in real life.
I agree!
Tamera's kids are mixed as well!
I wish more shows would have moments like that
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
Back then This episode gave me so much hope in finding my birth father. But when I found him he didn’t want anything to do with me. Some people just don’t want to be found.
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.
While Tamara’s reaction is very normal, I still say “girl, you’re tripping” every time I see it
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.
Being a child of adoption I absolutely loved watching this show. Also I can understand the emotions that they go through on the show. I never got to meet my birth father and always wanted to meet him just to say I know who my birth father is but, at the same time I know the difference between a father and a daddy.
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 love how in the show. Their characters are biracial too.
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.
Tamara has a right to feel how she was. It's not a easy reaction. Not that it's anyone's fault. She needed to express her feelings.
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.
So I watched sister sister growing up and it just occurred to me they aren't just finding their birth father they are also finding out for the first time they are mixed raced, that will knock anyone sideways
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”
"But you're white"🤣🤣🤣🤣
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
“Now look, Mr. Sullivan, I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but you’re white” 😂
I remember watching this episode as a teen and I never forgot it. Throughout the years I would randomly say it (I’m silly 🤪) So when it came on Netflix I couldn’t wait to get to this episode lol. My daughter finally got to see where I got it come
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!
Tia didn’t have a father for most of her life, so it was easier for her to accept that so easily
I always wondered how Lisa,a single financially struggling woman was even able to adopt Tia..
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.
This makes me so sad. I always thought that their father gave the twins up for adoption after the mother died because he didn't have the means to care for them. Which of course is already sad, but it would have been his choice. Finding out that he'd been looking for them for years is heartbreaking.
Tamera was just too cruel here. The man didn’t abandon them like so many dead beats. He literally didn’t know they existed. He dreamed of they’re faces for years and what it would be like to see them one day. And this encounter just shattered him.
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.
How come I NEVER WATCHED THIS EPISODE?! To think I always tear up at the mural episode... now I can cry even more!
Season 4 episode 2and this one in season 6 are the halves of the series plot.
Tias reaction still breaks my heart to this day
Knowing this now makes so much sense since their father was really white.
Exactly. Spot on because they are mixed
This is bringing back memories. I think ima start back watching this show again
It’s a really beautiful contrast compared to another sitcom that focused on realizing family isn’t just your immediate flesh and blood.
Take for example, Fresh Prince of BelAir. We followed Will with his extended family of uncle, aunt, and cousins - then as soon as his father comes back into his life, Will is ready to ditch the family that was there for him and go chasing after his daddy. Only to find out his father still wasn’t ready to truly be around for him.
Tia & Tamera had their birth father who readily admits the very unfortunate circumstances that led to his not raising them, but had always been looking to find his girls. Sure, he’s a perfect stranger to these two grown women today. Still, their birth and adoption wasn’t a case of their parents abandoning / walking out. I’m glad they both accept him into their adult lives for the final season.
It's so safitifing to see a birth parent reunite with there child and not have them be portrayed as a loser, selfish or try to take them back
I like how Tia & Tamara meet their real father 6 years later & Mr Sullivan was really happy to be reunited with his daughters
Tameras reaction made sense though. To find out your half White plus some people are good on finding both parents because they have the other.
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.
Their acting was quite good - rewatching this many many years later!! # sistersister
Just because the birth father comes back into your life, doest take away from the man that raised you. And I'd doubt he try. He'd just want to get to know you and build some kind of relationship
This was my acting teacher at Long Beach City College 😂😂
He did great I this ..so weird/ funny
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
I liked how Tim Reid (Ray) played the father who was always there in Sister Sister. Then the father who found his kid after years in That's 70s show.
1:09
Tia-“What did u just say?”
Mr Sullivan- “This is unbelievable”
Tamera- “No after that” 🤣🤣
Mr. Sullivan: If Racelle Gavin is your mother, I’m your father.
What’s so interesting in this scene is that in Twitches (spoilers spoilers spoilers ahead), Cameryn (also played by Tamera) has a hard time accepting her birth place and mother because she already has parents back home. Coincidentally she hugged her adoptive father like she did in this episode after this scene.
Twitches is basically Sister Sister but the girls are from a magical kingdom in a different dimension,lol.
I remember watching sister sister for years as a kid and I'm so glad to see them have closure. But there are soooo many issues with this. I wish Tia/Tamera finding their dad would have made more sense.
Tamara was such a brat....She always got jealous anytime Ray tried to be there for Tia, but never had a problem using Lisa...Now she wants to throw Ray in Tia's face when she's excited about finding their birth father...SMH...
Dang, Tamera lost both of her mothers... That's sad 😢
as a second born twin with no father I am crying pretty uncontrollably right now. I would love to have a dad who cared about me and was as pretty as this man is!
This was one of my favorite episodes from Sister & Sister
With then weeks we were living together it was the 70s what can I say 😂😂😂😂😂
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.
I always wished my mom looked for me.
Sorry to hear that
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Awww love 💕
I wish mine left me
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This is when their looks started to fall apart from each other. They looked identical when the show first aired 😁😁❤.
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 😂👍
Tamera was acting her ass off in this scene
She was also at a line with the things she was saying.
Fun Fact (or Not Well-Known Fact): Tia & Tamera's father is actually white.
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
This episode had me in tears growing up.
I understand Tamara's reaction. I am adopted myself. If some random person comes up to me and says they are my birth parents I would have the same reaction.
Now I feel bad for ditching before the last season. I was loving it until the later seasons when I started hating the way the writers were treating Tia’s character.
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
Tamara ate that seen. Please stop sleeping on Tamara. She’s a beast at this acting thing!
Honestly the most unbelievable part of this all is how 2 apparently single people were able to adopt. And also that neither knew there was a twin.
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
Always liked Tia more!
This show was SO good I almost cried watching this these girls acting was just underrated
I remember watching this episode when it first aired. It was a shocker. Lisa's reaction to the news was hilarious though. I could not stop laughing.
They are such great actors 🥰
I watched this show all the time when I was a kid. I seriously didn't know they found their biological father. ❤️
I love how this was the similar reaction to how Tia and Tameras characters were on Twitches
These girls were great actresses.
A lot of adoptees feel that way, by the time they grow up they longer have any interest in meeting their biological parents. I am adopted myself. The only family I know is the ones that was there when I was younger. Now IF my biological mother comes into the picture, fine. However, I've grown well into adulthood to start acknowledging a stranger as my mother.
However, that does not mean there isn't room enough for the both of them.
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.
My younger self would be sorry for Tamera. Now that I'm older I'm a bit irritated the way she acted. He literally just said he didn't know their mother was pregnant and when he did find out he tried to find them and then as if she was deaf, "sorry I already have a dad, that was there for me" ugh. but I also do understand that it was probably quite a shock to her, some random guy saying that he's her father with no proof or anything on top of that also finding out what their mother looked like finally.
The show that was so heart braking was Family affair the twin after parents killed they were raised together across the country
She didn't have to be rude to him; it's not like he abandoned her.
Tamara's reaction was kinda weird. They where looking for their birth parents. Yes her real father is Ray but her birth father was actively looking for her. But I'm pretty sure that alot of her agitation was from learning that the birth mother they're searching for is dead.
Well, they had already knew she died from an earlier season when they were looking for her.
The harsh reality of adoption. Sometimes what you think they need actually hurts the most. Its messy.
i kind of found my family like this. me and my brothers were all adopted out to different people. but each of us were given a part of a coin cut like a puzzle piece. and one day each of us got a letter and a ticket to twins Arizona for the twins convention. i found one of my sisters because she had part of a coin as well. we talked for a while and walked around and we found her sister talking to 2 other girls my other sisters. we are all sitting at a table talking and we litterly see my brothers walking around looking for me i guess because they had there coins out. i yelled and got there attention and we all finally met.
I’d bet good money on the fact that never happened 😂
@@raegancal4880 you would loose
@@darkwinglance2478
And when you put the coins together, that’s when you all discovered your powers and that you were the descendants of the rulers of an ancient kingdom that had once been ruled harmoniously until the pasta nation struck, and since then it’s been under the rule of the evil Lord Alfredosauce 😈, for the past 4000 years, and only you and your siblings working together, as you learn to control and harness your powers, can defeat him and his dark pasta water magic because you are _The Chosen Ones,_ right?
@@AddBowIfGirl , Oh this sounds like a great movie. 😎🎞🎬📽🍿
@@raegancal4880 why
Tamara was a jerk to deny this man like it was his fault... you wanna find your mom but tia can't love her dad.. I was so mad at this... jerk
This was one of my favorite shows growing up.
Oh my God I never thought I would miss an episode like this how did I miss this episode I never seen this.. And FYI you better act Tamara!!
Sister, Sister had a lot of great lessons, but my favorite is knowing that all I have to do to find my mother is to look in plain sight 😂
The sisters meet at a mall. Then meet Dad at a museum.
She was really out of pocket for saying that to her biological father after what he said but at the same time her emotions are justified.
“But you’re white” lol count on Tamera for the comedic relief
I love this show it was one of my favorite shows when I was growing up
They don't make shows like this anymore!
I just found my biological mother on fb on November 15th. I was adopted and my mother changed my name so when my biological mother was trying to search for me she couldn’t find me because she was looking under the wrong name. it’s crazy how i just went on fb typed in my real last name and that’s how i was able to find her
This is my favorite show, I watch it almost daily!
My favorite episode 😭💞💞
Remember daughter father bonds that are built are stronger than a hanzo hattori blade
On the next episode they went to the movie theater and met their long lost grandma
Tamera’s reaction really didn’t surprise me. She had a father all her life. Her maturity was never really up there either, IM JUST SAYING 😂😂😂😂. He was looking for them the whole time.
I’m sorry but tamera saying “your white” cracked me the heck up 😂😂😂😂
3:45 Funny thing is their actual father in real life is white 😂😂
They Faces When He Said "We Were Living Together"😂😂😂😂😂
The music for the dramatic transition of emotions.. I love it man lol. My face always goes to 😬…. Or … 😳.
I think Tamara's reaction was rude. I could see her reacting that way if she had always thought Ray was her biological dad. But she knew her biological dad might be somewhere out there. Most adopted children dream of meeting their biological parents.