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When Adele went home with Jasper that evening, Dean and her half brothers were watching TV together in the living room.—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 Her mother had left her son from an earlier relationship—Ada’s half brother Poly, short for Hipolito—behind in Cuba.—Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026 The crew consisted of Bezos, his half brother Mark, aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and Blue Origin’s first paying customer, a Dutch teenager named Oliver Daemen.—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026 Deputies were called to the scene after Zayde’s mother called 911 to report that her older son attacked his half brother inside a converted backyard shed, per the statement.—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for half brother