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Fun family names CAF . . .
A little bit complicated, but fun! For all of these, if you don't have or know the name of the specified person, use the nearest equivalent :-) Put the names you've adapted from in brackets afterDH:
fn = masculine version of one of your great-grandmothers' names
mn = your father's middle nameDW:
fn = feminine version of your paternal grandfather's name
mn = variation of your mother's eldest sister's name (or brother if she has no sisters)DD:
fn = variation of your mother's name
mn = feminine version of your maternal grandfather's nameDS:
fn = masculine version of your paternal grandmother's name
mn = your father's nameDS:
fn = variation of your mother's brother's name
mn = variation of your father's brother's nameDD:
fn = feminine version of one of your great-grandfathers' names
mn = your maternal grandmother's nameHave fun! I'll do mine separately :-)

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DH: Kellen Delano (Mary-Kelly + Delano)DW: Jane Patrice (John + Patricia)DD: Shirlise [Sher-LEESE] Georgeanne (Shirley + George)DS: Julian Franklin (Julia + Franklin)DS: Stephan Jonathan (Steven + Johnny)DD: Johnna Elsie (John + Elsie)
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DH:
fn = Charles (Lottchen, which is German for Caroline, which is the feminine of Charles)
mn = Murdoch
DW:
fn = Jonathelle (Jonathan)
mn = Veronica (Veronike)
DD:
fn = Macia (Matilda)
mn = Stephanie (Stefan)
DS:
fn = Ellis (as close as I could get to a maculine form of Elizabeth)
mn = Jonathan
DS:
fn = Roger (Rudiger)
mn = Dabney (David)
DD:
fn = Michaela (Michael)
mn = Rachel
Sooo...the full set is:DH: Charles Murdoch
DW: Jonathelle Veronica
DD: Macia Stephanie
DS: Ellis Jonathan
DS: Roger Dabney
DD: Michaela Rachel
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DH:
fn = Fredrick (Freda)
mn = JamesDW:
fn = Jaime (James)
mn = Susannah (Susan)DD:
fn = Raegan (Raewyn)
mn = Joan (John)DS:
fn = Hallend (Helen)
mn = RobertDS:
fn = Carlos (Carl)
mn = Stefan (Steven)DD:
fn = Roberta (Robert)
mn = June
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DH: Charles Mark
fn = masculine version of one of your great-grandmothers' names - Caroline
mn = your father's middle name - MarkDW: Jane Glory
fn = feminine version of your paternal grandfather's name - John
mn = variation of your mother's eldest sister's name - GloriaDD: Joy Frederica
fn = variation of your mother's name - Joyce
mn = feminine version of your maternal grandfather's name - FrederickDS: Mark JOhn
fn = masculine version of your paternal grandmother's name - Margaret
mn = your father's name - John (he goes by his middle name of Mark though)DS: Jamie Wilfred
fn = variation of your mother's brother's name - James
mn = variation of your father's brother's name - he is an only child so I'll use my mom's other brother, FrederickDD: Willa Elise
fn = feminine version of one of your great-grandfathers' names - William
mn = your maternal grandmother's name - Elsie
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DH:Leonardo Henry
DW:Antonia Diana
DD:Dayna Wilma
DS:Barry(strech from Beatrice)Paul
DS:Liam Hank
DD:Willa Wilma (haha)That was fun! I had a little trouble seeing as on one side of my family, there are lots of Henry's, and on the other side, their all Williams. There's even a Wilma!
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DH: Catalin Ivan nn Alan {Katherine}DW: Miina Mariella {Willus, but my mother is an only child, so I did my father's eldest sister, Marie}DD: Jovana Jacqueline (Jackie and James, which have a lot of the same variants)DS: Elian Richard (Elizabeth)DS: Pip Reino (Philip, Ronnie--might be originally Ronald, not sure)
my mother doesn't have a brother, so I used my grandmother's brotherDD: Art Donna (Arthur)
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KDH:
William AllanDW:
Leona CarolineDD:
Susannah ArtisDS:
Ferdinand (closest thing to Fern I can get) LynnDS:
John (no brother, I chose it) DaleyDD:
Benjamina Phyllis
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The names they're fromDH:
William Allan (Wilhemina, Allan)DW:
Leona Caroline (Leonard, Carol)DD:
Susannah Artis (Susan, Arthur)DS:
Ferdinand (closest thing to Fern I can get) Lynn (Fern, Lynn)DS:
John (no brother, I chose it) Daley (Dale)DD:
Benjamina Phyllis (Benjamin, Phyllis-I know of no female versions of Hjamler)
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DH: Vivian Arthur (Viviana)
DW: Wilhelmina Mary (William)DD: Jeanne Edelmira (Jeanine, Elmer)
DS: Marian John (Mary)
DS: Estavan Cinaed (Stefan, Kenneth)
DD: Muriel Florine (Merle)

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That was fun!DH: Aloysius Michael (Lois)DW: Gaye Cherilyn "Cherilyn" (My paternal grand-father had a feminine name which was the name Gay so I just used a different spelling my mom's eldest sister is Cheryl)DD: Pamelia Dora "Lia" (Pamela & Theodore) DS: Glenn Terry (Glenna)DS: Theodoros Timoteo "Theo" (Theodore & Timmy)DD: Odessa Mary (Ulysses)
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DH: Joseph Scott (Josephine and Scott)
DW: Carla Alexandra (Carl and Sandra)DD: Kiley Normina (Kelly and Norman)
DS: Joost Thomas (Joyce and Thomas)
DS: Gregor Drew (Gregory and Andrew)
DD: Geraldine Beckie (Garrett and Beckie)

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DH:
Bernard A (got Bernard from Bertha - I had no idea!)DW:
Antonia JanetteDD:
Cydney (from Cynthia??) Rhonda (from Ronald?)DS:
Mario (from Mary??) Douglas DS:
Mikey DanielDD:
________ Rosemary (I don't know any more of my great-grandfather's names!)
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DH: Evan John
fn = masculine version of one of your great-grandmothers' names
mn = your father's middle nameDW: Carla Sophie
fn = feminine version of your paternal grandfather's name
mn = variation of your mother's eldest sister's name (or brother if she has no sisters)DD: Julia Lucy
fn = variation of your mother's name
mn = feminine version of your maternal grandfather's nameDS: Paul Peter
fn = masculine version of your paternal grandmother's name
mn = your father's nameDS: Jeremy Ricardo
fn = variation of your mother's brother's name
mn = variation of your father's brother's nameDD: Petra Rita
fn = feminine version of one of your great-grandfathers' names
mn = your maternal grandmother's nameEvan, Carla, Julie, Paul, Jerry, and Petra
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DH:
fn = Lucas
mn = EugeneDW:
fn = Carla
mn = DavidaDD:
fn = Jenice
mn = BraylieDS:
fn = Michael
mn = DennisDS:
fn = Donte
mn = DonaldDD:
fn = Ava
mn = Mary
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DH:
Evan Christopher (Evan from Eva)DW:
Alana Genevieve (From Alan and Jennifer)DD:
Ronni Tamsin (from Veronica and Thomas)DS:
Mark Simon (Mark from Margaret - was closest I could think of!)DS:
Timothy (on its own as my mum has no brothers)DD:
Harriet Irene (Harriet from Harry)Evan and Alana, Ronni, Mark, Tim and HarrietS xx
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DH: Louis Randall (Sarah Lieu)
DW: Charlotte Deanna (Charles & Diana -- LOL)DD: Elaina Jamison (Ellen & James)
DS: Mario Stephen (Mary)
DS: Rick Davis (Richard & Dave)
DD: Gabrielle Ruth (Gabriel)
Cute idea!
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this was fun...good gameDH: Silvio Anthony
DW: Michaela CynthiaDD: Pamelia Willow
DS: Roosevelt Michael
DS: Kennet Antun
DD: Johanna CarolynSo: Silvio and Michaela had Pam, Ross, Ken, and HannaThe names I used
Silvia Anthony
Michael Cindy
Pamela Willard
Rose Michael
Kenneth Anthony
John Carolyn

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DH: Anthony John (I don't know my great-grandmothers name so I used a random name and John)
DW: Georgia Kelly (George and Kelvin)DD: Jodie Kelva (Judith and Kelvin)
DS: Bobby Christopher (Barbara and Christopher)
DS: Graeme Sean (Graham and Shane)
DD: Simone Mary (I don't know my great-grandfathers name so I used a random name and Mary)
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DH: Peter Catherinus
DW: don't know his name/she's the eldest herself, so i'll take her middle sister - Annet
DD: Sianna Lammerta
DS: Don't know it / Bert
DS: Erique Rudi
DD: don't know it /GijsjeWell to bad i don't know all their names!
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DH:
Mariano CésarDW:
Marcela GiulianaDD:
Beatrice JulianaDS:
Luciano FortunatoDS:
Jules AlbertDD:
XXXX Gregoria
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DH: Francis Thomas (Edith would be Eadwig, sort of, but doesn't work; neither does Amalia.)
fn = masculine version of one of your great-grandmothers' names
mn = your father's middle nameDW: Claudia Frances
fn = feminine version of your paternal grandfather's name
mn = variation of your mother's eldest sister's name (or brother if she has no sisters)DD: Patrizia Frances
fn = variation of your mother's name
mn = feminine version of your maternal grandfather's nameDS: Eddie Bruce (no real male version of Edna available)
fn = masculine version of your paternal grandmother's name
mn = your father's nameDS: Danail Wainwright (variation of Wayne?? hehe)
fn = variation of your mother's brother's name
mn = variation of your father's brother's nameDD: Carla Mildred
fn = feminine version of one of your great-grandfathers' names
mn = your maternal grandmother's nameHey it was fun. Neat idea.
- chazda
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