Aydan Nix found out she was related to the Hadid’s aged 19.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Black Han Sans|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”|||on|||||” header_4_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Words by Bonnie McLaren<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-852394156-1-scaled.jpg” alt=”Bella and Gigi Hadid” title_text=”Bottega Veneta – Backstage – Milan Fashion Week SS18″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] If you thought you knew the Hadid sisters, think again\u2026 There\u2019s a new Hadid in town. Gigi and Bella \u2013 best known for being two of the world\u2019s most successful models \u2013 announced last week they have a secret half-sister. Meet Aydan Nix, a 23-year-old creative from New York \u2013 who, with incredible cheekbones and a perfect pout, looks more than a little like Gigi and Bella.<\/p>\n The news of their half-sister was announced in a statement to the Daily Mail. Confirming the news to the publication, the sisters said they\u2019ve been in contact with Aydan for a couple of years, after she discovered the connection following a death in her family. \u2018Aydan was born and raised in Florida, growing up with the man she lovingly knew as her father until his sudden passing when she was 19,\u2019 they shared. \u2018After his passing, she decided to take a genetic test out of curiosity, and that\u2019s how she discovered a biological connection to us.\u2019<\/p>\n So, how are they related? Gigi and Bella explained their father, Mohamed \u2013 following his divorce from Yolanda in 2000 \u2013 had a brief relationship with Terri Hatfield Dull, which resulted in the unexpected pregnancy.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-627214788-scaled.jpg” alt=”Bella and Gigi Hadid” title_text=”2016 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in Paris – After Party – Inside” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] And while the news of a secret sister over twenty years later might have been a shock, it sounds like Aydan has already settled into family life with the Hadids. ‘We first connected in late 2023, and from that moment on, we\u2019ve embraced Aydan with open arms,\u2019 their statement continued. \u2018She\u2019s spent time with all of us, including our dad, and we\u2019ve cherished this unexpected and beautiful addition to our family.’<\/p>\n Apart from the sisters\u2019 statement, there\u2019s not loads we know about Aydan. But we do know that at 23, she\u2019s a few years younger than Bella, 28, and Gigi, 30. And like the sisters, she\u2019s also into fashion, having just graduated from Parsons School of Design in Manhattan with a BFA in Integrated Design \u2013 her LinkedIn also explains she has work experience in editorial styling, branding, and cultural storytelling.<\/p>\n Aydan also has a lot more followers online than the average person, with almost 40,000 followers on Instagram. With chic outfits pictures, and endless glam snaps on the beach, it looks like Aydan is suited to the life of a model or high-flying influencer. But in the statement, the sisters stressed Aydan would rather keep an everyday life, free from celebrity. (And, honestly, who can blame her?)<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]