Marilyn Monroe had been raised for a short time in an orphanage and she often told the press that she had no living family. Due to the star’s wishes for privacy, fans around the world had no idea that she had a sister for many years. After Monroe’s death, Berniece Miracle broke her silence and told the world about the sister that she loved dearly.
Berniece Miracle didn’t know that she had a sister for many years. It wasn’t until Miracle was nineteen years old that she received a letter from her estranged birth mother, who wrote about her sister named Norma Jeane, who was seven years younger than Berniece. This fact shocked her and started a relationship that would last for the rest of the budding starlet’s life.