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I read a book about Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Edelfelt) and his wife Ellan de la Chapelle and decided to create a game based on her family tree. The social circles in the 19th century Finnish upper class were very small and everyone were related to each other some way, which reflects this game: I hope you don’t find it too confusing.

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Here’s a portrait of Ellan, made by her husband:

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Year 1895

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H [b. 1785, d. 1859] Albrecht Christian Friedrich Leopold Ludovic Moritz Paul Richard – two MNs [*de Liniers* Haga Löwenthal]
W [b. 1792, d. 1874] Anne Cecily Charlotte Harriet Maud Pauline [Aldous Forney Sackville]

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D1 [b. 1817, d. 1852] Alice Emilie Isabella Valerie / mother’s MN
S1 [b. 1818, d. 1871] Alfred Franz Johannes Rainier / father’s 2nd MN
S2 [b. 1820, d. 1875] Aylmer Felix Gottfried Thomas / father’s 1st MN
S3 [b. 1821, d. 1893] Alexander Antonius Charles Ernest Peter Victor
D2 [b. 1827] Augusta Bibiane Christine Dorothea Eleonora Elisabeth
D3 [b. 1831, d. 1862] mother’s FN / Bernardina Lucia Sophia Wilhelmina “nickname based on MN”
S4 [b. 1833] Harold Leonard Nicolas Oscar Philippe Roydon

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D1 [b. 1817, d. 1852]
H [b. 1807, d. 1874] Frans Henning Herman Magnus Nils Olof [Hallén Liljegren Rydinger]

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D1 [b. 1840] Eva Fanny Marion Nellie / aunt’s (D2) MN / mother’s MN
- H [b. 1832, d. 1884] Adolphus Charles George Hugh Romulus Sylvanus [Chancellor Quimby Stogdill]
-- S [b. 1879] grandfather’s FN / father’s FN
-- D [b. 1884, d. 1889] Catherine Emma Florence Frances / mother’s FN / aunt’s (D4) 1st MN

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D2 [b. 1841, d. 1894] mother’s FN / Adelaide Alexandra Cecilia Madeleine “nickname based on FN”
- H [b. 1831] Anton Axel Carl Erik Ernst Hilding Knut Peter Robert Walfrid – three MNs [Lagerlöf Mårdh Thorén]
{- H’s W1 [b. 1835, d. 1868] Agnes Beata Fredrika Karolina Martha Matilda Paulina Ulrika – three MNs [Granlund Kronberg Lööf]}
-- H’s S1 [b. 1859, d. 1879] August Ivar Rudolf Walter / father’s 2nd MN / John Josef Oskar Otto
-- H’s S2 [b. 1862] Adam Artur Bertil Daniel / father’s 1st MN / Eugen Georg Gustaf Richard
-- H’s S3 [b. 1864] David Gabriel Rafael Tomas / father’s FN / Arne Harald Kristian Olaf
-- H’s D [b. 1865, d. 1889] Ellen Isabella Jenny Louise Mary Sara / mother’s 2nd MN / Eva Irene Maria Sophie – three MNs
-- D1 [b./d. 1871] Anna Lydia Ruth Sylvia / great-grandmother’s FN / mother’s FN
-- S1 [b. 1872, d. 1873] Arnulf Edwin Egmond William / grandfather’s FN / father’s 3rd MN
-- S2 [b. 1875, d. 1879] Bengt Esbjörn Jarl Michael Raymond Torolf / father’s 1st MN / grandfather’s MN – three MNs
-- S3 [b. 1878] grandfather’s FN / half-brother’s (H’s S2) 2nd MN
-- D2 [b. 1879] mother’s FN / aunt’s (D4) 1st MN / Emilia Gabriella Leonora Olivia “nickname based on 1st MN”

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D3 [b. 1842, d. 1895] grandmother’s FN / Beatrice Clara Juliana Matilda

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D4 [b. 1844, d. 1866] Agnes Bertha Helena Louise Lydia Magdalena / aunt’s (D2) FN – two MNs

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D5 [b. 1848] Alina Julie Laura Marina Sally Victoria / mother’s FN – two MNs
- H [b. 1825] Karl Georg Gustaf Konstantin Martin Victor [Berzelius Molin *von Möller*]
-- S1 [b. 1877] father’s FN – no MN
-- S2 [b. 1878] grandfather’s FN / father’s MN

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S1 [b. 1818, d. 1871]

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W1 [b. 1832, d. 1857] Agathe Alexandra Gisela Gustavie Hedwig Helene Louise Maria Sofia Sybille – three MNs [Charlier *De Graaf* Floris]

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D1 [b. 1851, d. 1856] Alexandrina Christina Josephine Rosina / grandmother’s MN / mother’s 3rd MN

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D2 [b. 1853] aunt’s (D1) FN / mother’s FN
- H [b. 1845] D3’s (of the original family) stepson
-- D1 [b. 1873] mother’s FN / grandmother’s (paternal) 2nd MN / mother’s MN “5-letter nickname”
--- H [b. 1866] Arvel Atticus Hollis Walker – no MN [Boone Northrop Southwick]
---- S1 [b. 1894] Cecil Charles Gordon Thomas / grandfather’s 2nd MN
-- S1 [b. 1876] Edmond Ernest Gustave Martin / grandfather’s MN / father’s 2nd MN
-- D2 [b. 1877] Araminta Bernadette Julie Mary Mildred Walburga
-- S2 [b. 1879] Benedict Daniel Felix Theodore / father’s 1st MN
-- D3 [b. 1880] Gertrude Laura Sylvia Winifred / great-grandmother’s FN / Agnes Antonetta Clarice Wilhelmina
-- D4 [b. 1883] Iris Margery Patricia Violet / grandmother’s (paternal) 1st MN / grandmother’s 3rd MN – two MNs
-- S3 [b. 1886] father’s FN / grandfather’s (paternal) MN
-- S4 [b. 1890] Conrad Jerome Laurence Matthew Timothy Victor
-- S5 [b. 1892] Albert Antony Damien Louis Marcus Oliver

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D3 [b. 1855, d. 1856] mother’s 2nd MN / mother’s FN

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D4 [b./d. 1857] Hortense Mary Philomène Sidonie / grandmother’s MN / mother’s 3rd MN

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W2 [b. 1839, d. 1894] Aline Céline Émilie Gabrielle Marie Tiphaine [Béringer Bonneau Tourville]

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S1 [b. 1862] father’s MN / Casimir Diodore Joachim Sigismond
- W [b. 1861] Antoinette Aude Hélène Henriette Thérèse Yvonne [Charpentier Denier Deveaux]
-- D1 [b. 1887] aunt’s (D5) FN / grandmother’s FN / Chloé Marie-Thérèse Phoebe Sophie
-- S [b. 1888] Canute Harold Jerome Rodolph / father’s FN
-- D2 [b. 1891] Ariette Cyrille Edwige Ophélie – no MN
-- D3 [b. 1893] great-grandmother’s FN / Caroline Élise Margot Lucie (hyphenated name)

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S2 [b./d. 1864] Gilles Gustave Hadrien Marius Robert Xavier

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D5 [b. 1865, d. 1866] Agnes Catherine Elizabeth Noémie Sandrine Virginie / mother’s FN – two MNs

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S3 [b. 1867, d. 1868] father’s FN / Hector Horace Jules Polydore

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S4 [b. 1868] Charles Hugues Oswald Percy Philippe Raymond
- W [b. 1871] Augusta Estrid Frederikke Louise Mikkeline Nanna Sophia Thyra – two MNs [Karlsen Nordskov Westergaard]

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S2 [b. 1820, d. 1875]
W [b. 1841] D3’s (of the original family) stepdaughter

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D1 [b. 1862] Ginevra Mary Philippa Sibyl / grandmother’s FN / mother’s MN
- H [b. 1848] Alfred Clarence George Harold John William [Norrington Statham Thorley]
{- H’s W1 [b. 1850, d. 1887] Agnes Clara Hester Mary Nancy Susan [Crouch Hackney Smithson]}
-- S1 [b. 1892] Charles James Paul Ralph / grandfather’s FN
-- S2 [b. 1894] Benjamin David Errol Henry Nicholas Norville

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S1 [b. 1866] father’s FN – no MN
- W [b. 1867] Amelia Judith Naomi Ursula – no MN [Berkowitz Carlin Eisen]

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D2 [b./d. 1869] Constance Edith Eleanor Muriel – no MN

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S2 [b. 1871] grandfather’s FN / grandfather’s (maternal) MN
- Fiancée [b. 1874] Beatrice Elladora Helen Ilsa Julia Mary [Snyder Starling Waterman]

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S3 [b./d. 1872] Arthur Geoffrey Maurice Percival / uncle’s (W’s brother = D3’s (of the original family) H’s S1) 1st MN

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S4 [b. 1873, d. 1886] Christopher Edward Guy Louis / father’s MN

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S3 [b. 1821, d. 1893]
W [b. 1829] Adelheid Benedikte Elisabeth Josefine Julia Katharina Margarethe Ricarda – two MNs [Bähr Linden Messmann]

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D [b. 1857] grandmother’s FN / short form or variant of mother’s 2nd MN “nickname based on MN”
- H1 [b. 1854] Albrecht Aristides Arnaldo Bernhard Gustav Hans Tassilo Viktor – two MNs [Beckert Brandt Eckhardt]
-- S [b. 1888] father’s FN / Conradin Emil Erik Franz Hubertus Johann “nickname based on 2nd MN” – two MNs

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S [b. 1859] father’s MN / Eugen Klemens Wilhelm Wolfgang “nickname based on FN”

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D2 [b. 1827]
H [b. 1821, d. 1881] Fredrik Henrik Jakob Steffen – no MN [Baardsen Falk Stoltenberg]

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S1 [b. 1854, d. 1895] Gunnar Håkon Jørgen Viktor / father’s FN
- W [b. 1865] Beatrice Eugenie Hedvig Irene Jenny Matilda Olga Sofia “nickname based on FN” – two MNs [Cederqvist Grundin Silfwergård]
-- S [b. 1893] Hans Lars Michael Robert / father’s MN

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D [b. 1857, d. 1891] Hulda Ida Klara Selma / mother’s FN
- H [b. 1851] Alexander Erik Jacob Magnus Severinus Victor [*af Schultén* *Boije af Gennäs* *von Frenckell*]
{- H’s W2 [b. 1868] Clara Helena Henny Lydia Marianne Rosa Therese Victoria – two MNs [Florén Granqvist Hornaeus]}
-- D1 [b. 1877] Amanda Astrid Eva Helena Johanna Karin
-- D2 [b. 1879] Alexandra Brita Charlotte Elsa Lucia Maria
-- D3 [b. 1881] mother’s FN / Cecilia Ingrid Margareta Sidonia
-- D4 [b. 1882] S3’s (of the original family) D’s nickname / mother’s MN
-- D5 [b. 1884] Betty Ella Fanny Sara / sister’s (D1) MN “nickname based on MN”
-- S1 [b. 1885] Ernst Hugo Knut Theodor / father’s FN / Anton Felix Leopold Lorenz
-- D6 [b. 1886] Agata Anna Caroline Elisabet Magda Veronika “nickname based on FN”
-- D7 [b. 1887] mother’s FN / Naema Paulina Ruth Signe “4-letter nickname”
-- S2 [b. 1889] Anders Carl Clas Johan Pehr Rudolf / father’s MN – two MNs
-- H’s D8 [b. 1894] Alma Ines Laura Märta / variant of mother’s FN

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S2 [b. 1858] uncle’s (S2) FN / August Edvard Ivar Torvald
- W [b. 1854] Claire Leopoldine Louise Margaret Marie Victoria [Bonnet Pinard Smith]
{- W’s ExH [b. 1851] Albrecht Erik Georg Konstantin Ludwig Paul [Hahn Sontheimer Wentzel]}
-- W’s D1 [b. 1876] Bertha Olga Sylvia Vera / mother’s FN + MN
-- W’s D2 [b. 1877] Emma Estelle Feodora Jeanette Josephine Madeleine
-- W’s S [b. 1879] father’s FN / Andreas Arthur Emil Karl Oscar Waldemar – two MNs
-- W’s D3 [b. 1881, d. 1882] Ethel Harriet Olivia Sophia / mother’s MN / Brunhild Gisella Marika Saskia

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D3 [b. 1831, d. 1862]
H [b. 1810, d. 1874] Abraham Franklin Henry Lewis Samuel William [Ansel Mortimer Leigh]
{H’s W1 [b. 1820, d. 1856] Ada Alexandra Amy Esther Fanny Helen Isabella Lydia – two MNs [Ashford Posey Wallis]}

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H’s D1 [b. 1841] Armida Lavinia Narcissa Oliva / mother’s 2nd MN | married to S2 (of the original family)

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H’s D2 [b. 1842] mother’s FN / Mary Rachel Ruth Victoria
- H [b. 1830, d. 1895] Francis Gabriel George Gerald Julius Sebastian Theodore Victor – two MNs [Harington Mann Melling]
{- H’s W1 [b. 1834, d. 1876] Augusta Joanna Josephina Sophia Theodora Wilhelmina [Lillywhite Melton Riseborough]}
-- H’s D1 [b. 1855, d. 1860] Diana Helena Lucinda Ursula / mother’s FN / Catherine Eleanor Eugenia Frederica
-- H’s S1 [b. 1858] father’s 1st MN / father’s FN / Alexander Bernard Gilbert William
--- W [b. 1866] Anna Eva Ida Lydia Matilda Victoria [Holmsten Kjellberg Pedersson]
---- D1 [b. 1889] diminutive or variant of mother’s FN / Cornelia Elisabeth Laurentia Margareta / grandmother’s FN “nickname based on 1st MN”
---- D2 [b. 1892] Alice Catherine Christina Hedvig Hilma Selma / aunt’s (H’s D2) 1st MN – two MNs
-- H’s S2 [b. 1859, d. 1877] Darwin Henry Marlyn Rodolph / father's FN
-- H’s S3 [b. 1861, d. 1879] Cecil Charles Claude Oliver / father's FN
-- H’s S4 [b. 1862, d. 1889] father’s 1st MN / Benedict Frederick Maurice Rupert / father’s FN
-- H’s D2 [b. 1865] Agnes Beatrix Clara Louise Mary Winifred / sister’s (H’s D1) 2nd MN – two MNs
--- H [b. 1852] Alexis Constantin Joseph Léopold Nicolas Philippe Sébastien Xavier – two MNs [Eustache Grignon Orville]
{--- H’s W1 [b. 1854, d. 1882] Charlotte Helena Irene Magdalena Mary Rosina [*af Schultén* *Boije af Gennäs* *von Frenckell*] | sister of D2’s (of the original family) D’s H}
---- H’s S1 [b. 1882] Antoine Apollinaire François Jean-Paul Michel Pierre
---- S [b. 1890] grandfather’s 1st MN / Achate Cédric Ménélas Patrocle
---- D [b. 1891] Christine Diane Eurydice Fabienne Héloïse Ludivine / grandmother’s FN – two MNs
-- H’s S5 [b. 1868, d. 1893] brother’s (H’s S4) 1st MN / Arthur August Ernest Herbert James John – two MNs
-- H’s D3 [b. 1872] sister’s (H’s D2) 1st MN / mother’s FN

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H’s S1 [b. 1845] Benjamin Christian James Joseph Peter Robert / father’s FN – two MNs | married to S1’s (of the original family) D2

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H’s S2 [b. 1847, d. 1873] Augustus Francis Horatio Januarius Reginald Wilheard

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H’s D3 [b. 1850] Beula Clara Emily Gabriella Julia Selma
- H [b. 1850] Caleb Elias Josiah Nathaniel – no MN [Allen Furlow Kenworthy]
-- S1 [b. 1879] father’s FN / George Henderson Matthew Radclyffe
-- S2 [b. 1880] Carlisle Clarence Levi Luke Nathan Thorburn
-- S3 [b. 1882, d. 1883] Aaron Arieh Charles Ralph Reuben Ronald
-- S4 [b. 1883] Erskine Guy Jonathan Michael Robert Titus
-- S5 [b. 1884, d. 1886] Adam Albert Isaac Peter Stanley Victor / grandfather’s MN – two MNs
-- D1 [b. 1886] Bertha Eva Judith Leah – no MN
-- D2 [b./d. 1888] mother’s FN – no MN
-- D3 [b. 1890] Abigail Ethel Katherine Louisa Mary Sarah “variant of MN”

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H’s S3 [b. 1852] Alfred Cecil Edward George John Theodore “diminutive/short form or variant of MN”
- W [b. 1868] Anne Briseida Emily Evelyn Iliamna Olivia [Docker Hosking Lynds]
-- S1 [b. 1891] Taylor Thomas Timothy Tristan – no MN
-- D1 [b. 1893] mother’s FN / Georgiana Gwendolyn Igraine Isolde | Twin
-- S2 [b. 1893] grandfather’s MN – no MN | Twin

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H’s S4 [b. 1853] Arden Everett Jeremy Oliver / father’s MN
- W [b. 1857, d. 1885] Amelie Charlotte Elisabeth Hedwig Margarethe Wilhelmina [Grünewald Heller Sachs]
-- D [b. 1880] Colette Isobel Katharine Laura / mother’s MN

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S [b. 1860, d. 1861] grandfather's FN / father's FN

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D [b. 1862] Annis Bertha Drucilla Hilda / mother's FN + MN “mother’s nickname”
- H [b. 1856] Emmett Ernest Eugene Isaiah Paul Quincy [Akerman Schofield Whitlock]
-- S1 [b. 1887] Edgar Harold Herbert John Percy Victor “nickname based on FN”
-- D [b. 1888] Agatha Elizabeth Juliet Sibyl – no MN “nickname based on FN”
-- S2 [b. 1891] father’s FN – no MN “nickname based on FN”
-- S3 [b. 1892] Archibald Elbert James Merle / great-grandfather's 2nd MN
-- S4 [b. 1894] Gregory Lawrence Melvin Philip / grandfather's MN

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S4 [b. 1833]

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