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Claudine Barretto mends ties with brother Jay-Jay Barretto

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Maureen Marie Belmonte

<div> </div><p>Blood proved to be thicker than water for Claudine Barretto as she recently reconciled with her siblings Joaquin &quot;Jay-Jay&quot; Barretto and Michelle &quot;Mitchie&quot; Barretto.</p><p>The Optimum Star took to her Instagram account on Wednesday, July 5, to post a photo of herself with her siblings and their mother Estrella &quot;Inday&quot; Barretto.</p><p>Claudine wrote an endearing caption where she briefly explained how important her brother is to her.</p><div> </div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><div style="margin:8px 0 0 0;padding:0 4px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BWKV79-Fz8B/" style="color:#000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">@jjbarretto with my Mom,mommy Mich &amp; BrotherJJ😘❤️i can live without a boyfriend,husband but i cant live without Jj.i luv him too much😘😘</a></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap">A post shared by Claudine Barretto (@claubarretto) on <time dateTime="2017-07-05T10:31:01+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jul 5, 2017 at 3:31am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Jay-Jay for his part also posted a similar photo with the caption &quot;Bonding. Dinner date with my two sisters.&quot;</p><div> </div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:33.93518518518518% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><div style="margin:8px 0 0 0;padding:0 4px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BWKWj8mF3YF/" style="color:#000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">Bonding ,dinner date with my two sisters.,</a></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap">A post shared by Joaquin Barretto (@jjbarretto) on <time dateTime="2017-07-05T10:36:28+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jul 5, 2017 at 3:36am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>This reunion marks the end of the nearly four-year feud between the siblings.</p><p>The actress even commented on her post and claimed that whatever happened in the past is all behind them now.</p><div> </div><div><img alt="" src="~/getmedia/cae8669b-a816-47e7-b61e-05c2f6dc4f26/070717-Claudine-insert_PUSH.aspx?width=660&amp;height=157" style="width:660px;height:157px"/></div><div><please claudine="" here="" insert="" photo=""> </please></div><div> </div><p>Most of Claudine&#x27;s followers celebrated the reconciliation by showering the photos with comments of good luck.</p><p>The seven siblings—namely Mito, Michelle, Jay-Jay, Gia, Gretchen, Marjorie, and Claudine—were divided by Gretchen and and Claudine&#x27;s rift.</p><p>While the two Barrettos in showbiz are no strangers to misunderstandings, their 2013 fall out had been the worst.</p><p>At that time Gretchen had Mito, Jay-Jay, Michelle, and Marjorie on her side while Gia and their parents Inday and Miguel Barretto sided wih Claudine.</p><p>The rift happened around the same time when Claudine&#x27;s marriage with Raymart Santiago broke down.</p><p>At that point, Gretchen even claimed that Claudine was using illegal drugs and that they all wanted to have her enter a rehabilitation facility.</p><p>There was even an unfortunate moment when questions as to who really helped the family between Gretchen and Claudine were raised.</p><p>The Barretto matriarch, as well as Gia, wrote separate open letters for Gretchen debunking her claims and even banishing her from the family.</p><p>As of the moment, Marjorie, as well as her children, are often seen with her parents prompting netizens to assume that she is no longer on good terms with Gretchen.</p>

Claudine Barretto underscores that what happened in the past is all behind them now.