Meet Simone Biles’ Adoptive & Biological Parents—& What Their Relationships Are Now

She may be the GOAT of gymnastics, but to Simone Biles ‘ parents, she’s just their daughter. Simone’s mother, Nellie Biles, and her father, Ronald Biles, aren’t her biological parents, but they’re her mom and dad nonetheless.

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Simone and her siblings remained in foster care until she was five years old. In 2000, Ron and Nellie started temporarily caring for the siblings. Ron told USA Today that he and Nellie decided to foster the kids after a social worker continued to call him to let them know that the siblings were in foster care.

Eventually, Ron asked if the kids were allowed to move to Houston to live with him, Nellie, and their two sons, Ron Jr. and Adam. “We’re family,” Ron told USA Today . In 2003, Ron and Nellie adopted Simone and her younger sister, Adria. Ron’s sister and Shanon’s aunt, Harriet, adopted the two eldest children, Ashley and Tevin, who moved back to Ohio. “I was very, very blessed and fortunate,” Simone told USA Today. “I felt love, care. I was healthy. I was safe.”

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Since her time in the foster care system, Simone has helped other foster kids. “I know exactly how it is, and I know exactly how you feel being a foster kid,” she said. “I can be a voice for them. I can help them, and I can tell them that they’re not alone and that it’s going to be OK. That you can also still be great in the world.”

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Meet Simone Biles’ parents