Year 0
Location: Bucharest, Romania
DW [20]:
Katarina Aamu Galatas [Mäkinen],
Kaija (wavy strawberry blond hair, green eyes) (education student)
DH [23]:
Antonis Galatas (curly black hair, dark brown eyes) (biologist)
Kaija and
Antonis meet in Bucharest when
Kaija was going to college and all though they are quite different, they hit it off right away.
Kaija is training to be a 4th grade teacher whereas
Antonis is working in biology right now but having some trouble due to having graduated two years ago. The wedding happened fast, they decided to get married earlier because they didn't want to spend too long engaged, and they had been together for three amazing years prior!
Year 1
Location: Bucharest, Romania
DW [21]:
Katarina Aamu Galatas [Mäkinen],
Kaija (wavy strawberry blond hair, green eyes) (education student)
DH [24]:
Antonis Galatas (curly black hair, dark brown eyes) (biologist)
Dcat [nb]:
Maggie
They adopt a little calico cat! Her name is
Maggie. She's quite sweet. They've decided to wait at least till
Kaija graduates to get a job, which they just realized was in a few months!
Kaija is looking forward to teaching so much.
Year 2
Location: Bucharest, Romania
DW [22]:
Katarina Aamu Galatas [Mäkinen],
Kaija (wavy strawberry blond hair, green eyes) (teacher)
DH [25]:
Antonis Galatas (curly black hair, dark brown eyes) (biologist)
DaD [9]:
Emilia Abeni Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DaS [nb]:
Samuel Tiwatope Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DD [nb]:
Effrosyni Pauliina Galatas (wavy light brown hair, dark brown eyes)
Dcat [1]:
Maggie
They welcome their first biological child,
Effrosyni Pauliina! They also hear about two Nigerian children, who sadly lost their parents in a fire and they decide to adopt them and provide them a better life. One was a newborn baby, and he is so happy with his new family! So is his sister, who is ecstatic about having a happy, loving family who cares for her so much. She loves living in
Europe as well. They also rename them
Samuel and
Emilia and keep their birth name due to fear of them not fitting. However,
Kaija's pay just happened to be cut at the worst possible time.
Year 3
Location: Bucharest, Romania
DW [23]:
Katarina Aamu Galatas [Mäkinen],
Kaija (wavy strawberry blond hair, green eyes) (teacher)
DH [26]:
Antonis Galatas (curly black hair, dark brown eyes) (biologist)
DaD [10]:
Emilia Abeni Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DaS [4]:
Theodor Hyun-Jung Galatas,
Theo (straight black hair, black eyes)
DaS [1]:
Samuel Tiwatope Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DD [1]:
Effrosyni Pauliina Galatas (wavy light brown hair, dark brown eyes)
Dcat [2]:
Maggie
Poor
Maggie gets sick! She recovers, however.
Emilia is extremely happy to go to school and learn Greek and Romanian and
Samuel and
Effrosyni are best friends. They also adopt a little boy named
Theo who was born in Korea who's parents abandoned him. He also loves his family, but especially
Maggie who loves little
Theo. Similarly, they name him
Theo and keep his middle name as his birth name.
Year 4
Location: Bucharest, Romania
DW [24]:
Katarina Aamu Galatas [Mäkinen],
Kaija (wavy strawberry blond hair, green eyes) (educational aide)
DH [27]:
Antonis Galatas (curly black hair, dark brown eyes) (biologist)
DaD [11]:
Emilia Abeni Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DaS [5]:
Theodor Hyun-Jung Galatas,
Theo (straight black hair, black eyes)
DaS [2]:
Samuel Tiwatope Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DD [2]:
Effrosyni Pauliina Galatas (wavy light brown hair, dark brown eyes)
DS [nb]:
Iivari Nikolas Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
Dcat [3]:
Maggie
They weren't planning on another baby recently, but they are surprised to find out they're expecting a little boy!
Samuel and
Effrosyni are not happy, and
Theo loves that he's getting another brother.
Emilia really wanted another sister, though.
Iivari surprises them though!
Iivari looks just like his dad. However,
Kaija was laid off and finds a new job as an aide that pays much better.
Year 5
Location: Bucharest, Romania
DW [25]:
Katarina Aamu Galatas [Mäkinen],
Kaija (wavy strawberry blond hair, green eyes) (educational aide)
DH [28]:
Antonis Galatas (curly black hair, dark brown eyes) (biologist)
DaD [12]:
Emilia Abeni Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DaS [6]:
Theodor Hyun-Jung Galatas,
Theo (straight black hair, black eyes)
DaS [3]:
Samuel Tiwatope Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DD [3]:
Effrosyni Pauliina Galatas (wavy light brown hair, dark brown eyes)
DS [1]:
Iivari Nikolas Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
Dcat [4]:
Maggie
Kaija and
Antonis surprised at how big their babies are getting.
Samuel and
Effrosyni learn to love
Iivari eventually, and
Theo still loves
Maggie the most, they do everything together.
Emilia wants to move to Greece or Finland, and
Kaija and
Antonis briefly consider that but after as long as they've spent in Romania it somehow seems foreign.
Year 6
Location: Bucharest, Romania
DW [26]:
Katarina Aamu Galatas [Mäkinen],
Kaija (wavy strawberry blond hair, green eyes) (educational aide)
DH [29]:
Antonis Galatas (curly black hair, dark brown eyes) (biologist)
DaD [13]:
Emilia Abeni Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DaS [7]:
Theodor Hyun-Jung Galatas,
Theo (straight black hair, black eyes)
DaS [4]:
Samuel Tiwatope Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DD [4]:
Effrosyni Pauliina Galatas (wavy light brown hair, dark brown eyes)
DS [2]:
Iivari Nikolas Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DD [nb]:
Eleonoora Ione Galatas (wavy strawberry blond hair, light blue eyes)
Dcat [5]:
Maggie
Eleonoora is born! They decide they don't want anymore children, though.
Theodor,
Emilia,
Samuel, and
Effrosyni begin to beg for a dog, however they don't realize
Antonis is somewhat allergic to dogs. They'd have to look for a hypo allergenic breed, and
Maggie is very slow and boring. Also,
Antonis get's in trouble at his job for something he refuses to disclose and
Eleonoora looks exactly like her mother.
Year 7
Location: Bucharest, Romania
DexW [27]:
Katarina Aamu Galatas [Mäkinen],
Kaija (wavy strawberry blond hair, green eyes) (educational aide)
DexH [30]:
Antonis Galatas (curly black hair, dark brown eyes) (biologist)
DaD [14]:
Emilia Abeni Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DaS [8]:
Theodor Hyun-Jung Galatas,
Theo (straight black hair, black eyes)
DaS [5]:
Samuel Tiwatope Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DD [5]:
Effrosyni Pauliina Galatas (wavy light brown hair, dark brown eyes)
DS [3]:
Iivari Nikolas Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DD [1]:
Eleonoora Ione Galatas (wavy strawberry blond hair, green eyes)
Dcat [5]:
Maggie
-DexHDW [19]:
Viktoria Elisabeth Agard (straight plantinum blonde hair, light blue eyes)
Sadly, they don't believe they can make their marriage work anymore. Among
Antonis not sharing vital details, they find out he was cheating with a young woman who he met at yoga, a
Danish girl. They get married this year. The kids decide they'd rather stay with
Kaija, and
Antonis starts a new job.
Viktoria is upset but marries
Antonis as she finds herself happy with him.
Antonis decides to move to Denmark with
Viktoria.
Year 8
Location: Bucharest, Romania [
Katarina,
Emilia,
Theodor,
Samuel,
Effrosyni,
Iivari, and
Eleonoora]
Copenhagen, Denmark [
Antonis,
Viktoria]
DexW [27]:
Katarina Aamu Galatas [Mäkinen],
Kaija (wavy strawberry blond hair, green eyes) (educational aide)
DexH [30]:
Antonis Galatas (curly black hair, dark brown eyes) (biologist)
DaD [14]:
Emilia Abeni Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DaS [8]:
Theodor Hyun-Jung Galatas,
Theo (straight black hair, black eyes)
DaS [5]:
Samuel Tiwatope Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DD [5]:
Effrosyni Pauliina Galatas (wavy light brown hair, dark brown eyes)
DS [3]:
Iivari Nikolas Galatas (curly black hair, brown eyes)
DD [1]:
Eleonoora Ione Galatas (wavy strawberry blond hair, green eyes)
Dcat [5]:
Maggie
-DexHDW [19]:
Viktoria Elisabeth Agard (straight plantinum blonde hair, light blue eyes)
--DS [nb]:
Hugo Yngve Galatas (curly plantinum blonde hair, light blue eyes)