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TERRI’S JOY ‘I’VE GOT MY SISTER BACK!’

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Terri Irwin is walking on air after being reunited with her Us-based sister, Bonnie Marineau, for the first time in nearly two and a half years!

Recently, the Irwin clan hosted ‘Aunt Bonnie’ and her husband, John, at Australia Zoo. The visit also marked the first time the couple had met their great-grand niece, Bindi’s daughter Grace, 1.

“So very special to have my sister and her husband visit us,” an emotional Terri, 57, wrote on Twitter alongside a happy family photo. “It’s nearly been two and a half years since we last caught up with them in

Oregon. Family is everything.”

While Terri and Bonnie have always shared a tight bond, the pair fell out with their older sister, Patricia Raines, shortly before their mother Judy’s death in 2004.

In 2016, Patricia revealed she hadn’t spoken to her sisters since then, saying: “It’s so petty and it

was so small. How people can hang onto grudges, I’m totally amazed. My heart aches so bad.”

Since then, sources say the trio reconnecte­d, and they’ve been healing the family rift.

 ?? ?? Chandler, Bindi, Terri, Grace and Robert savoured every moment of Aunt Bonnie and Uncle John’s visit.
Chandler, Bindi, Terri, Grace and Robert savoured every moment of Aunt Bonnie and Uncle John’s visit.
 ?? ?? Missing from the family reunion was Terri’s older sister, Patricia Raines.
Missing from the family reunion was Terri’s older sister, Patricia Raines.
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