Simone Biles’ grandparents are Nellie and Ronald “Ron” Biles. They are also her adoptive parents, having adopted Simone and her younger sister Adria in 2003. Nellie Cayetano Biles is Ron Biles’ second wife.
Simone Biles is competing in her second Olympic Games, representing Team USA in Tokyo. The 24-year-old gymnast will be cheered on by her family, including her parents, Ron and Nellie Biles, who adopted her when she was young. Ron and Nellie are also Simone’s grandparents.
Simone Biles was adopted by her maternal grandparents after a tough start to life. Photograph: Lindsey Wasson/Reuters Guardian sport and agencies Wed 30 Jun 2021 14.09 EDT
Simone Was Adopted by Her Grandparents at Age 6 (Twitter/ MarkBerman) In 2003, when Simone was just six, she and her sister, Adria, were adopted by Ron and Nellie Biles and moved into their home in Spring, Texas, according to NBC New York.
Simone was adopted by her grandparents, and now calls them “Mom” and “Dad.” “My parents saved me,” she said. “They’ve set huge examples of how to treat other people, and they’ve been there to support me since day one. There’s nothing I could say to them to thank them enough.” Nellie and Ronald adopted Simone in 2003.
Besides being unstoppable when competing in gymnastics, Simone and her family have been in the news recently, because Simone was adopted by her maternal grandparents. In 1997, Simone was born to parents addicted to drugs. Her birth father never played a role in Simone’s life, since he walked out on them.
Fifteen years ago, Simone Biles and her little sister were adopted out of foster care by their maternal grandparents, Ron and Nellie Biles. Their biological mother struggled with addiction and was not able to take care of her children. Together, the girls moved to Texas to live with Ron and Nellie, who quickly became more than grandparents.
This piece will look at Simone’s adoption by her parents, Nellie’s role in Simone’s career, and Simone’s relationship with her biological mom. Simone’s grandparents adopted her and her sister when she was six years old Kohjiro Kinno /Sports Illustrated Simone was born on 14th March 1997 to Shanon Biles in Columbus, Ohio.
After years of being estranged — Simone’s grandfather, Ronald Biles, and his wife, Nellie, adopted her and her younger sister, Adria, when Simone was 6 years old — the SK-II spokeswoman and her biological mother mended fences before she went to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
She told Moreno that she was in the foster care system as a young girl and adopted by her grandparents whom she calls her parents. “It’s where I come from and once foster care kids see you can do something. I hope they know that even though it’s a tough time you can still make something out of yourself,” Biles said.
Who adopted Simone?
Simone was adopted by her grandparents, and now calls them “Mom” and “Dad.”. “My parents saved me,” she said. “They’ve set huge examples of how to treat other people, and they’ve been there to support me since day one. There’s nothing I could say to them to thank them enough.”.
Ronald is actually Simone’s maternal grandfather, and Nellie is his wife. Simone has been open about her grandparents adopting her, but she tearfully shared on Dancing with the Stars in 2017 that they “saved” her. Eric McCandlessGetty Images.
Nellie and Ronald adopted Simone in 2003. They didn’t just adopt Simone: They also adopted her sister, Adria. They both had been in and out of foster care. Simone was six at the time. This content is imported from Instagram.
Nellie shared that it was hard to become an adoptive mom at first. In Simone vs. Herself, a seven-part docuseries on Facebook Watch, Nellie shared that it was tough for her to bond with Simone and Adria at first since she was already raising two sons of her own.
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