Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, the MTV reality TV show, has addressed each cast member's personal life events. In the newly released season 7 episode 23, one of the cast members Snooki shared some news about her birth family. As fans already know, Snooki wanted to get in contact with her siblings and get to know more about her adoption journey.
Snooki shared that her adoptive parents told her she had two brothers. This revelation was an emotional moment for her as she "couldn't stop crying about it." She told the rest of the cast about this, stating she was late because of feeling a roller coaster of emotions. Snooki said:
"I couldn't stop crying about it, that's why I was late getting ready. So I called Pamela and I was like can you help me like I wanna see if I have any siblings which was great because then I called my parents. My parents said that I have two brothers."
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation season 7 episode 23 was released exclusively on MTV on October 17, 2024. The episode synopsis reads:
"The gang starts in Las Vegas, partying through Sin City; they return to the East Coast, celebrating in Atlantic City before spending summer at the Shore, reliving past glories."
Snooki shares her adoption story on Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
On Jersey Shore: Family Vacation season 7 episode 23, Snooki shared that she discovered information about her birth family. She told the rest of the cast that she had two brothers, but Snooki was unsure if she wanted to meet them. As fans already know, for the past few episodes, Snooki had shared her wish to reconnect with her birth family.
She had even consulted genealogist Pamela Slaton to get more information about her family as Pamela had located Angelina’s dad. Snooki admitted that reconnecting with her birth family would help her "with any feelings" she had.
However, in episode 23, it was revealed that her adoptive parents told her about her brothers themself, Snooki stated:
"Yes, so they were finally honest with me because they knew I'm gonna find out anyways."
During her confessional interview, the Jersey Shore: Family Vacation cast member opened up about her feelings linked to this new information. She said that she was to process it as it felt like an "overload." Snooki further continued:
"So I do have two brothers, I mean I might have more I don't know. The fact that I'm learning all this information, I'm like holy sh*t it was kind of an overload.."
Narrating her adoption story, Snooki told her fellow cast members that her birth dad had left her birth mom while she was pregnant. Due to certain financial issues, her birth mother decided to give her away. Snooki lived in a foster home as a six-month-old, and she continued:
"My birth dad knew my birth mom was pregnant. He wanted nothing to do with it and she couldn't afford me so they signed papers and then I was in a foster home until I was six months then my parents found me and then I'll be home."
New episodes of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation air every week on Thursdays exclusively on MTV to see whether or not Snooki meets her brothers.