I find it odd that they give a specific number if they are talking about friends.

This was already debunked man- it was hyperbole. She "adopted" 25 friends as family.

I bet some of those 25 know or had first hand experience as to what their older "brothers" were in to... This might be a lead to witnesses? "She had two sons, but she adopted another 25 people during the time she came to Washington, said her older son, Tony Podesta..." "She had two lives. She was a wife and mother in Chicago, but then she came to Washington and became friends with presidents and senators..."

I read their mother, Mary had adopted that many as well, or are they the same children, who were simply passed down to them? More than likely, they are another twenty five, or whatever the number is, given who we are dealing with. One point: Normally, that would be big news. There would have been special after special, glorifying the selfless devotion, of this wonderful adoptive family. You know what I mean? If any other person, in the world, let alone in government, had done that, and it was for good reasons, there would have been spectacular human interest in it. And when does the government miss a chance to do positive portrayal of themselves? Yet this has been avoided like the plague. ...Why also, are his children and his family, not coming out and offering any real assurances? ...Obviously because there are none to give. It stands out, the most of all in this case, that no one has come forwards defending them and most people seem afraid to even speak about it, unless of course they are being told to... Some of those derisive stories, almost sound like a cry for help. Like they have to write that, or they will incur some kind of wrath, but they are at least making it super obvious. Or, unbecoming ways, simply can not help but be revealed...

I found this article and others last week. Like you, I assumed it meant children.She would have been 68 when she started adopting which would be odd. Others indicated they felt it wasn't literal adoption but adoption of other politicians as "mom". She is greek and did cook fundraising dinners. There is an element of spirit cooking in greek culture,sort of an intent. Her husband owned a restaurant in Chicago. Who knows, can't find 1 picture of her anywhere.

This could be the reason behind how they learned about adoptive kid situations and how to take advantage of them. Perhaps because they were so jealous as children...their mother was not giving them full attention.

She may have fostered them, which would have meant she kept them in the house for only a short time.

The article says "She had two sons, but she adopted another 25 people " ....not siblings.