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In her early teens, Welch's home life underwent an unusual overhaul. Her parents, "always better off as friends", had divorced, and her mum had started a new relationship with a neighbour. When they married, Welch and her two siblings were abruptly melded with this next-door family. "I gained two older brothers and a sister, going from being the eldest to the middle," she once said. " You analyse it."

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