Laura's older sister Vanessa Marano played main character "Bay Kennish" in ABC Family/Freeform's "Switched at Birth". In season 3 episode 17 "Girl With Death Mask (She Plays Alone)", Bay meets an estranged family member for the first time. During this meeting she is shown a photograph of her paternal aunt who passed away at age 18 from an aneurysm. In real life, the girl in the photo is actually Laura Marano.