The Full House family goes far beyond the cast.

It's no secret that the beloved ABC sitcom's cast has maintained a tight-knit bond since wrapping the show in 1995 after eight seasons. But according to series alums Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber, the closeness even extends to the cast's children.

Sweetin exclusively told PEOPLE in a joint interview with Barber before the SAG strike for their How Rude, Tanneritos!  podcast that the group's kids are "definitely a part of each other's lives.

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"But more so when we were shooting Fuller House, obviously, because the kids were coming around all the time and our families were there all the time," the actress, 41, explained. "Our moms were close, our kids were close. That goes for everybody."

Sweetin added, "It's not just us as Full House cast members. Really, we got to know everyone's extended families and nieces and nephews and parents and everything, of the adult cast and the kids.

All of us are connected."

Thinking about the friendship between Sweetin and Barber's kids, specifically, Barber said: "Our girls, my girl, Felicity, and then her oldest, Zoe, are a year apart.

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