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Re: KB's Enormous Multi-Generational Congrats Round 5
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1985
Kipling
DW: Eloise "Lucy" Rosalie Kipling, née Toft (49, b. 1936)
DH: Terrence "Terry" Douglas Kipling (53, b. 1932)
(Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario)DD: Noelle Fawn Kipling (22, b.1962)
DS: Peter Anthony Kipling (19, b. 1966)
DS: Malcolm Olivier Kipling (13, b. 1972)
DS: Ian Jeffrey Kipling (9, b. 1975)
DD: Beth Sibylle Kipling (8, b. 1977)
ADD: Iris Huan Yue Kipling (twin) (4, b. 1981)
ADD: Ivy Xiao Chen Kipling (twin) (4, b. 1981)
~~~DD: Noelle Fawn Likhodeeva, née Kipling (22, b.1962)
DH: Stepan "Styopa" Evgenyevich Likhodeev (24, b. 1961)
(Ann Arbor, MI)Lucy and Terry are getting up in years but really want to have a bigger family still. Since they're comfortable (thanks to Lucy's latest book series being a hit) they decided to adopt. In 1982, the family welcomed two girls, fraternal twins, from China. There was some anxiety at first (other than Beth, she was just ecstatic) but everything has gone smoothly and they are completely part of the family.Lucy originally wanted the girls to have Chinese first names, but Terry was deeply worried that they might have some issue in school. They decided on Iris and Ivy as they felt nature names went nicely with the Chinese middle names. Huan Yue means "happy and joyful" and Xiao Chen means "early morning".At 18, Noelle decided to take a gap year to travel across Europe, when she was in the USSR she met Styopa. They fell in love and within 6 months of meeting they married. Terry and Lucy were flabbergasted, but all they can do is pray that things work out well. Styopa "seems a nice enough fellow anyway," according to Terry (followed by a quiet "I hope").Noelle and Styopa are currently in Ann Arbor where Noelle is studying psychology and Styopa has a job as an X-ray technician and is waiting on the finalization of his citizenship.(I cheated a bit with Styopa's MN, I used the random renamer and then altered that name into patronymic, just so it made sense. Also I obviously have no clue how naturalization works lol.)

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