A boy and his sister were walking down the street one afternoon when they met a kind old man. When the old man asked them about the size of their family, the boy quickly answered. "I have as many brothers as I have sisters," he proudly stated. Not to be left out, the girl added, "I have three times as many brothers as I have sisters." Can you tell how many boys and girls in total there were in their family?

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