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This paper explores this topic using semi-structured interviews. Research on pregnancy after a loss, such as miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant and child death, tends to focus on the more immediate needs of the parents and far less on the needs of the siblings of the deceased child. Even less recognized is the unresolved emotional distress parents might carry when they are not provided support at the time of loss and in the pregnancy that follows, which can have an impact on the subsequent children throughout their lives. This article presents research that illustrates some of the attachment problems such adult siblings born after a loss might face. Because there is scant information on this topic, descriptive phenomenology was the method chosen in order to gain insight into these individuals' lived experience. Themes related to attachment and family styles emerged, emphasizing the importance of both attachment and family systems theories in understanding their stories.