The Harper/Laurence Family (
Montana, USA)
W:
Amanda Nicole Laurence [49]
ExBf:
Patrick Jason Harper [48]
D:
Susannah Marigold Laurence-Harper "
Sunny" [25] (glassmidnight)
S:
Evander Lake Laurence-Harper "
Van" [22] (Serel
Channah)
-Gf:
Elizabeth Grace Reynolds [21] (knitastick)
H:
Christopher Ioannis Michelakis [49] (
Rioghnach)
D:
Eleni Primrose Michelakis [17] (
Polyxena)
D:
Petra Violet Michelakis [17] (ShowersEmile)
--D: [exp]
S:
Nikodemos Calder Michelakis "
Niko" [13] (glassmidnight)
Petra is pregnant at 17. Her parents aren't too thrilled, but she is adamant about keeping the baby, a little girl, and they're doing their best to help. Her daughter's first name is from this list:
http://nameberry.com/list/493/Badass-Princess-Names?all=1. Her middle name is very trendy.
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The
Garrett Family (Vermont, USA)
W:
Jamie Elizabeth [Barlow]
Garrett [64]
H:
Jordan Matthew Garrett [64]
D:
Josephine Claire Garrett "
Joey" [35] (SugarPlumFairy)
-H:
Naveen Rajesh Joshi [37] (ShowersEmile)
--D:
Mira Kahlo Joshi [7] (
Polyxena)
--D:
Amala Judi Joshi [5] (NobodyOfConsequence)
--S: [exp]
S:
Alexander Luke Garrett "
Sandy" [33] (
Polyxena)
-W:
Rose Miriam Henderson-Garrett [32] (
Polyxena)
--S:
Noah Tarquin Garrett [5] (AhaRomero)
--D: [2]
S:
Matthew John Garrett "
Mattie" [30] (glassmidnight)
-W:
Noelani Lin Hasegawa [31] (knitastick)
--D: [3]
--D: [nb]
S:
James Percy Garrett "
Jamie" [25] (Fingaernith)
-Bf: [27]
--Bf'sS: [6]
Joey and
Naveen were undecided about having a third child, but fate intervened for them and
Joey is expecting a boy. His first name is Indian but works in English as well. His middle name honors a famous musician.
Sandy and
Rose have a two-year-old daughter. Her first name is from this list:
http://nameberry.com/list/240/Cool-Girl-Names-from-Ancient-Cultures?all=1 and her middle name is Biblical.
Mattie and
Noelani got married a year after the birth of their first daughter, who is now three, and they're expecting a second daughter. The girls' first names are Japanese but aren't too hard to pronounce in English. Their middle names are Hawaiian and their last name is
Garrett.
Jamie has a boyfriend. His first name starts with a P and his middle name is Maori. His last name is a word.
Jamie's boyfriend has a son from a previous relationship. His son's first name is trendy and his middle name is Maori. He has his father's last name.
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The Mitchell/Colquhoun Family (California, USA)
W:
Laura Anne Mitchell [62]
AS:
Lucas Modesto Charles Mitchell [32] (Guatemala) (SugarPlumFairy)
-W:
Maialen Izar Garrastazu [32] (
Jessamine)
--D:
Elena Bihotz Mitchell [3] (ShowersEmile)
--S: [1]
AS:
Santiago Eduardo Joseph Mitchell [30] (Guatemala) (persephone1313)
-W:
Tatiana Nikolayevna [Petrova]
Mitchell [33] (
Polyxena)
--S:
Diego Makari Mitchell [5] (knitastick)
--S: [2]
--D: [exp]
AD:
Katerina Anara Mary Mitchell [27] (Kazakhstan) (glassmidnight)
H:
William Thomas Colquhoun [61] (Nobody of Consequence)
H'sD:
Leah Annabel [Colquhoun] Townsend [33] (
Polyxena)
-H:
Oliver Clarence Townsend [35] (glassmidnight)
--D:
Nora Abigail Townsend [8] (knitastick)
--S:
Killian Michael Townsend [4] (ShowersEmile)
--D: [3]
--S: [nb]
H'sAD:
Sarah Desta Colquhoun [28] (Ethiopia) (
Rioghnach)
-F: [28]
S:
Gabriel Mitchell Colquhoun [23] (
Polyxena)
--D:
Autumn Laura Colquhoun [3] (NobodyOfConsequence)
Sarah is engaged! Her fiance's first, middle, and last names are Polish.
Leah and
Oliver have a three-year-old daughter and a newborn son. Both of their first names DECREASED a lot in popularity from 2013 to 2014 (see here:
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/rankchange.html#ht=1) and their middle names are classic.
Santiago and
Tatiana have a two-year-old son and are expecting a baby girl. Both kids have one Spanish name and one Russian name (you choose the order).
Lucas and
Maialen, now husband and wife, have a one-year-old son. His first name is Basque and his middle name is Spanish.
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The
Chen Family (Ontario, Canada)
H:
Huang Chen [62]
W:
Jessica Lynn Bailey [62]
D: Hua-Ning
Chen "
Lily" [32] (findthesea)
-Gf:
Mary Cassidy Porter "
Cassie" [33] (2angelgoats)
--D: [3]
--S: [3]
S: Bao-Zhi
Chen "
Robert" [32] (findthesea)
-ExGf:
Meredith Maeve Oorschot [32] (findthesea)
--D: [1]
D: Heng-An
Chen “
Sophia” [28] (persephone1313; honorable mention to glassmidnight)
-H: [31]
D: Ming-Jiang
Chen "
Claire" [26] (glassmidnight)
-Bf:
Léo Raphaël Beaumont [27] (NobodyOfConsequence)
S: Yu-Jia
Chen "
David" [26] (ShowersEmile)
Cat:
Thor [deceased] (glassmidnight)
Cat: Truffles [deceased] (NobodyOfConsequence)
Lily and
Cassie have taken a somewhat unconventional route to parenthood. They both got pregnant with donor sperm at the same time and their "twins", a boy and a girl, were born nine days apart.
Cassie really wanted their daughter to have
Mary as a first name and a surname as a middle name, but
Lily wanted to give their children Chinese names. They decided to compromise and each chose one baby's name. The girl's first name is
Mary. Her middle name is a surname, and she goes by her middle name or a nickname of her middle name. The boy has a classic English name up front and two hyphenated Chinese names in the middle. Both of the children's last names are Porter-Chen.
Unfortunately
Robert and
Meredith split up a year and a half after their daughter was born. Her first name is
Dutch and English and her middle name is Chinese. You choose her last name.
Sophia is married! Her husband's first and middle names are popular in the
UK and/or
Ireland but haven't really crossed the pond yet. His last name is in the bottom 100 of this list:
http://surnames.behindthename.com/top/lists/england-wales/1991.
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The Anderson/Katz Family (
Haifa,
Israel)
H:
Henry Noel Anderson [35]
W:
Rina Ayelet Katz [35]
D:
Liora Zakia Katz [8] (
Rioghnach)
D:
Talya Adi Katz [6] (NobodyOfConsequence)
S:
Noam Eitan Katz [5] (2angelgoats)
D:
Shira Maayan Katz [3] (2angelgoats)
S:
Uri Matan Katz [2] (ShowersEmile)
S: [exp]
Henry and
Rina are expecting their sixth child, a boy. His first and middle names are not Biblical and come from one of these lists:
http://www.amotherinisrael.com/popular-israeli-baby-names-2011/http://tekeli.li/onomastikon/Middle-East/Jewish/Modern.htmlhttp://nameberry.com/blog/israeli-baby-names
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