AUSTIN, Texas — These five siblings have been in Texas foster care for three years, waiting to find a forever family to adopt all of them.
KVUE's Hannah Rucker met up with the bunch at the Museum of Illusions in The Domain for a day of fun.
While they wait to find a family, the siblings are currently living on the same property but in different group homes, so they do get to see each other daily.
The oldest is 16-year-old Ydin. He loves sports and his favorite team is the Dallas Cowboys.
"I'm the oldest, and I've been there for them a lot. They mean a lot to me and they've been through a lot, too, so I just want to be that person with them at all times," Ydin said.
The second oldest is Myli, who is 14. She loves animals and wants to be a vet someday. She said sometimes she doesn't think about being in foster care, but other times, she does.
"When I look around and see other people with their family, I'm just like, 'OK, I need one,'" she said.
Yasmani is the middle child at 12 years old. He's a sneaker head and said he would love to find a forever family to shop for shoes with him.
"I just love them. I see them at the store and I smile," Yasmani said.
The youngest, twins Myra and Myla, are two peas in a pod. They love playing with "Frozen" dolls of Elsa and Anna and want someone to take them to the nail salon.
To learn more about these siblings or to put in an inquiry to adopt them, visit their page on the Heart Gallery.
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Catch the siblings' full story on KVUE Midday on Friday at 11 a.m..
KVUE launched the Forever Families segment with Partnerships for Children (PFC) in June 2020 to highlight children in the Heart Gallery of Central Texas who need secure and permanent families. Every day, there are nearly 1,000 children waiting to get adopted in Central Texas, according to PFC.
Editor's note: The children who are in the Heart Gallery program and featured in KVUE's Forever Families segments are children who have had every effort made on their behalf to connect them with family or others in their community to provide options for permanent, adoptive homes. Through no fault of their own, that hasn’t happened yet, and so in partnership with the Department of Family and Protective Services, we collaborate to bring awareness to KVUE viewers about these children in the hopes of finding them permanency before they age out.