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The Oliver Family
DH: Andrew Joseph "AJ" (25)
DW: Rachel Louise (Pennington)(24)
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AJ and Rachel are expecting their first child! They are very excited, and just found out that the baby is a boy. They both prefer a traditional English first name that goes well with their last name, but they differ on middle names. AJ wants an uncommon, nature-y sounding name or a place name. Rachel was hoping for a name that honors her or AJ (or their parents, Michael, Rose, Luke, and Violet). Can you help them?

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The Grianni Family
DH: Alessandro Crescenzo (27)
DW: Carola Enrica (Bosco)(27)
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Alessandro and Carola are expecting their first child! They emigrated to the United States two years ago, and are a little nervous about raising a family in a new country. They haven't yet found out whether the child is a boy or a girl, so they are considering names for both genders. They want the child's name to strongly reflect their Italian heritage, but also want their American friends to be able to pronounce the baby's name.

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The Hughes Family
DH: Daniel Jonathan "Dan" (34)
DW: Elizabeth Marie (Cowley) "Beth" (31)
DD: Alena Michaela (adopted from Slovakia)(7)
DS: Ji-Hun Yong (adopted from South Korea)(4)
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Dan and Beth had resigned themselves to the fact that they would never have biological children of their own, but they just found out that they are expecting a little girl! They have two other children, Alena and Ji-Hun, whom they adopted several years ago. The kids are excited about the new baby too and want to help with naming her. Alena likes long, flowery, girly names (especially those ending in "a" like her own). Ji-Hun prefers shorter, simple names and has suggested things like "Sky", "Tulip", and "Racecar." Dan and Beth are happy to let their kids assist with naming, but have made it clear that they will veto anything too unconventional or outlandish.

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The Samuels Family
DH: Gregory Vincent "Greg" (20)
DW: Alicia Lucille (Bricker) (20)
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Greg and Alicia were married last summer, but did not expect to be having a baby so soon! They are committed to giving their new baby as much love and support as they can. They found out that the baby is a girl, and are starting to think about names. They both like to look at the meanings of names and want their daughter's name to have some sort of meaning that isn't random--like Greg's name means "watchful conquerer" and Alicia's means "noble light".