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I just can't stay away! So here's another of these.

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The Dunham Family
New Jersey
DH (29): Edward "Ted" James Dunham
DW (27): Elizabeth "Liz" Rose (Stacy) Dunham
DS (2):
Ted and Liz are a young couple, working as a social worker and a nurse respectively, and they are ready to expand their family. They decided that since there are so many children in the foster system, they would adopt. Their new son is two years old, and they want a new name for him. His first name is after Liz's grandfather, a Scottish name with a nickname, and his middle name is a traditional name.

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The Vasylyk Family
New York City
DH (30): Lukas Aleksandr Vasylyk
DW (dec): Romana Zorya (Doubek) Vasylyk
DD (9):

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Lukas is a young single father and recent immigrant to America. He lives with his daughter in a modest apartment in the city. He works as a mechanic and plays folk music on his guitar in his spare time. His daughter also loves music, and Lukas loves to indulge her as much as he can. She has a Ukrainian first name and a Czech middle name.

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The Robles Family
Concord, Massachusetts
DH (35): Rafael Agustín Robles
DW (29): Valerie Jane (Baumer) Robles
DD/DD (1):

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Rafael is a Spanish immigrant who teaches Roman history at a small private college in Massachusetts. He met Valerie at the used bookstore that she owns, and they married after a whirlwind romance. They just had twin daughters, and the couple agreed that they should both have literary names. The first daughter's name is that of a legendary queen, and her middle name is after Valerie's beloved grandmother, whose name was popular in the 1930s. The second daughter is named after Rafael and Valerie's favorite female poet, and her middle name is a vintage name that is coming back into style.

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The Larsen Family
Copenhagen, Denmark
DH (36): Sebastian Anders Larsen
DW (27): Helene Cecilia Dinesen
DS (4):

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Helene and Sebastian married after a long courtship and numerous proposals. They are both writers- Helene is a librarian who also writes children's books, and Sebastian is a journalist. They had their first son a few years ago. His first name is a Danish name which is not currently popular in the US or UK, and his middle name is from Germanic mythology.

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