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We're all conditioned that we shouldn't like our brothers and sisters, that we should be angry and fight. But that's abnormal. A lot of people think that the way Serena and I are with one another is weird. It's not.

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Venus Williams
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: June 17
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