Gigi and Bella Hadid had good causes for ready to introduce the world to their half-sister Ayden Nix.
“Bella, Gigi and Anwar have met Ayden and have been in contact along with her for a few yr and a half now,” a supply solely tells Us Weekly. “They’ve welcomed her with open arms and are absolutely embracing her as their sibling.”
The insider notes that it was a “full shock to the entire household” to study they’d a relation to Nix, 23. Whereas the Hadids have gotten to know Nix for the previous yr, they wished to attend earlier than introducing her to the general public.
“They stored this information a secret for the sake of Ayden’s privateness,” the supply explains. “The Hadid sisters and Anwar have tried to not go judgment in regards to the scenario.”
Initially, Gigi, 30, Bella, 28, and Anwar, 25, had “loads of questions”, and however they remained “constructive” and “open-minded.”
“The household wished to maintain issues non-public till Ayden was prepared. Gigi and Bella have given her house however are all the time heat and there for her if she needs to get in contact or see them,” the supply says. “They don’t see one another usually and haven’t spent a lot time collectively. Ayden has lots in widespread with Bella and Gigi they usually have bonded over NYC and the style business. She seems to be as much as the ladies lots.”

Gigi and Bella revealed on Thursday, Could 29, that they discovered about their half-sister on their father’s facet after Nix took an at-home ancestry DNA take a look at.
“Over 20 years in the past, our dad, whereas single, had a short relationship that led to a being pregnant. Aydan was born and raised in Florida, rising up with the person she lovingly knew as her father till his sudden passing when she was 19,” Gigi and Bella mentioned in an announcement to the Day by day Mail. “After his passing, she determined to take a genetic take a look at out of curiosity, and that’s how she found a organic connection to us. We first related in late 2023, and from that second on, we’ve embraced Aydan with open arms.”
In accordance with the supply, Nix’s relationship with father Mohamed Hadid — which she initiated — has been a “gradual burn.” “Mohamed took accountability and shared the information to the household and that’s once they all related as an entire,” the supply tells Us. “Mohamed isn’t shut with Ayden however is there for her. They’re all figuring issues out.”
Mohamed was married to Yolanda Hadid from 1994 to 2000 they usually share Gigi, Bella and Anwar. The actual property mogul can also be father of daughters Marielle and Alana from a earlier relationship.


