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The first time I did this game, the names wound up fairly standard, so I'm trying to make it a bit more interesting this time. If you didn't play before, here's how this game works:

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I will provide a family with a number range in place of each name. You pick a number within each range. I will then choose a related pair of popularity lists (one for given names, one for surnames), find the name that corresponds to the number you picked, and reply with the family you selected. Then you can tell me what you think of it, or put your favorites in the subject line of a reply. Also, let me know if you have any suggestions for making this game more fun to play. Thanks, and good luck!

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DH: [50-100] [1-10] [75-100]
DW: [1-20] [300-320] [maiden name, 40-60]

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DD1: [200-300] [150-210] [choose maiden or husband's name]
-DH: [20-35] [170-250] [20-40]
--DD1: [1-30] [400-440] [choose ln]
--DD2: [1-30] [400-440] [choose ln]

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DD2: [50-80] [300-320] [choose ln]
-xH: [220-250] [40-60] [60-80]
--DD1: [440-480] [10-30] [choose ln]
-DH: [1-20] [320-360] [75-100]
--DD2: [200-240] [100-140] [choose ln]
--DS: [60-140] [1-30] [choose ln]

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DD3: [210-220] [300-390] [choose ln]
-xH: [110-120] [90-130] [1-10]
--DS: [40-50] [150-160] [choose ln]
-DH: [470-500] [420-440] [40-50]
--DD: [210-250] [40-80] [choose ln]

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DS: [140-160] [290-340] [father's ln]
-DW: [340-350] [240-250] [30-50, maiden name]
--DS1: [410-420] [350-360] [choose ln]
--DS1: [220-240] [70-110] [choose ln]

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DD4: [330-350] [430-500] [choose ln]
-DH: [420-450] 150-170] [1-40]
--DS: [60-110] 130-160] [choose ln]

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DD5: [110-130] [360-410] [choose ln]
-BF: [400-420] [350-360] [500-510]

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And last of all an Admiral came,
A terrible man with a terrible name,—
A name which you all know by sight very well;
But which no one can speak, and no one can spell.

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Robert Southey, "The March to Moscow"