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Within the very close-knit family, their father said they support their children “no matter what the situation is.”

“Juliet's transgender,” Mike Evancho said. “We support her 100 percent. Where we see an injustice based on our beliefs, we’re going to go after it. It doesn't matter who the president is or the administration, again we do what's right for us.”

And despite not being together for each of their big moments this week, their sisterly bond is unbreakable.

“She is a beautiful singer,” Juliet Evancho said. “She is a beautiful human being and that is the way I look at it. She is doing something for our country and singing for an inauguration of a president.”

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