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Tu hermana parece tener razón.

Tu hermana parece tener razón.
Your sister seems to be right.
From Lesson 414:It seems (parece tener razón)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Tu hermana parece tener razón.

Why do we use tener here instead of a form of ser or estar to mean "to be" right?
In Spanish, when a person is right about something, they "have reason" (tener razón). If you said Tu hermana es correcta, it would mean she is well-mannered, polite, or proper, not that her statement or belief is factually correct.
Could I say parece que tiene razón instead of parece tener razón?
Yes, both are perfectly natural and mean the same thing! You can use parece tener (verb + infinitive) here because the subject of both actions is the same person (your sister). If you wanted to start with "It seems...", you would use que, like in Parece que tu hermana tiene razón.
Why don't we use an article and say tener la razón in this sentence?
In everyday Spanish, tener razón without the article is the standard set phrase for "to be right." Adding the article to make it tener la razón is less common and usually implies holding the ultimate moral high ground, being the one who holds the absolute truth, or decisively winning an argument.
How would I expand this sentence to say she is right "about" something?
To say someone is right "about" something, you use the preposition en. For example, you could say Tu hermana parece tener razón en eso (Your sister seems to be right about that) or ...en lo que dice (...about what she is saying).

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