Cristiano RonaldoFamily members are in grief. 

After the shocking news of the relationship between the soccer player and his girlfriend, Georgina Rodríguez, had lost their newborn son, his sister, singer Katia AveiroThe couple’s grieving spouse received a support message from a close friend. Alongside a photo collage of Ronaldo, 37, and Rodríguez, 28, she wrote in an Instagram caption translated from Portuguese, “I love you and my heart is all there on this side…”

“May God keep you safe and help strengthen your way …” Aveiro began, before making reference to her nephew (and, it seems, late family patriarch). José Dinis AveiroHe died in 2005. “Our little angel has already landed on the lap of father.”

In her tribute, the “Vivo na Esperança de Te Ver” artist also mentioned the baby boy’s twin sister, describing her as “firm and strong and full of health.”

Elle added that “our little boy…will teach us more than just love matter.”