A New Jersey family of 17 siblings who were victims of Superstorm Sandy and just won a $20 million lottery announced Thursday they will share the winnings, the Associated Press reported.

Sigrid Endreson, who bought the Lottery Pick-6 ticket, recalled the wave of emotions she felt the day she realized she had a winning ticket at the supermarket.  

"I started to cry," Endreson said during a news conference at Beachwood Community Center, the AP reported. "I called my sister to come get me. I didn't think I was going to make it. I said, 'I think I won the lottery.' "

Endreson and her 16 siblings said the big win is "a great pick-me-up," especially after some suffered great losses when Superstorm Sandy struck the shore in October 2012.

John Endreson, 69, lost his house.

"The hardest part was seeing other people that were devastated," John Endreson said according to the AP. "I was able to redo my house and help my family and my brothers. I was quite fortunate. I just feel so lucky.

"And this is just the icing on the cake," he added.

The Endresons, who range in age from 53 to 76, accepted the winnings in one large payment of $14 million. Some of the funds will go to the children of one of their brothers who passed away, the AP reported. The family did not disclose exactly how the money will be divided.

It was their mother, Flossie, who inspired Sigrid to play the lottery. Their mother always dreamed of winning the lottery and sharing the money with her children, but she died in 2004 at the age of 85, PIX 11 reported.

Not long after the funeral, Sigrid continued the lottery tradition using the money her mother left the family. That same money was used to buy the winning ticket.

"It was all God that made it happen," Sigrid said with tears in her eyes, the station reported. "He knew exactly what he was doing and exactly how many people were in this family and how much to give."