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My younger brother and I were raised in a third-floor walkup in Queens, New York. With a two-year age gap, John and I were close as kids and even shared a bedroom with bunk beds for a while.
Later, we grew apart as adults when he moved to Miami and I started a new life in Canada. He and his wife had a son and a daughter. I married and gave birth to two girls.
My relationship with
