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Annika Marita Carter (nee Kristoffersen) (Swedish)
-Straight blonde hair
-Dark brown eyes
-Environmental Scientist
Alastair Bede Carter (English [UK])
-Curly brown hair
-Black eyes
-CEO
Location:New York, U.S. (headquarters of Alastair's company)

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Y1
The Carters get a pet hamster, Tess, and a pet turtle, Ollie.

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Annika (25)
Alastair (27)
Tess (1)
Ollie (2)

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Y2
Alastair is replaced as CEO, and is laid off.
Annika gives birth to a baby boy, Elah Matthew.
The Carters take baby Elah to meet Annika's family in Norway
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Annika (26)
Alastair (28)
Tess (2)
Ollie (3)
Elah (nb)

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Y3
Due to the birth of Elah and his recent layoff, Alastair is now working two jobs.
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Annika (27)
Alastair (29)
Tess (3)
Ollie (4)
Elah (1)

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Y4
The Carters adopt a 2-year-old girl from an orphanage outside NYC.
Anastasia Helene has dark brown eyes and curly blonde hair.
Tess, unfortunately passes away.
Annika works more hours to support two kids.
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Annika (28)
Alastair (30)
Ollie (5)
Elah (2)
Anastasia (2)

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Y5
Annika welcomes triplet girls. The girls have wavy brown hair and brown eyes.
Viola Irene, Ingrid Eleanor, and Alice Katariina
Ollie sadly passes so the family adopts a cat called Ebba.
The family moves to Florida.
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Annika (29)
Alastair (31)
Elah (3)
Anastasia (3)
Viola, Ingrid, Alice (nb)
Ebba (1)

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Y6
Annika volunteers in Finland for two months.
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Annika (30)
Alastair (32)
Elah (4)
Anastasia (4)
Viola, Ingrid, Alice (1)
Ebba (2)

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Y7
Annika gives birth to twins-girls yet again. Brenna Adelaide and Aina Heide
have curly brown hair and blue eyes.
Elah and Anastasia beg to get a parrot at a pet shop, so the Carters take home
Colleen, a green parrot with one red wing.

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Annika (31)
Alastair (33)
Elah (5)
Anastasia (5)
Viola, Ingrid, Alice (2)
Brenna, Aina (nb)
Ebba (3)
Colleen (1)

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Y8
Both Annika and Alastair work two jobs to support their large family,
since Annika inherited her mother's super fertility (Annika has 12 siblings!)
Anastasia brings home a small abandoned puppy. The family call her Alma.
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Annika (32)
Alastair (34)
Elah (6)
Anastasia (6)
Viola, Ingrid, Alice (3)
Brenna, Aina (1)
Ebba (4)
Colleen (2)
Alma (1)

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Y9
The stress of parenting 7 kids under the age of 8 has affected Annika and Alastair's marriage.
Annika divorces and remarries an old childhood friend Casper Dag Holgersen.
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DW: Annika (33)
-exDH: Alastair (35)
DH: Casper (32)
DS1: Elah (7)
AD1: Anastasia (7)
DD1/DD2/DD3: Viola, Ingrid, Alice (4)
DD4/DD5: Brenna, Aina (2)
DCat: Ebba (5)
DBird: Colleen (3)
DDog: Alma (2)

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Y10
Alastair marries a woman he has an affair with in the early years of his marriage with Annika.
He and Maura Jane (nee Wilkins) welcome fraternal twin girls Chloe Matilda and Ella Margaret
Annika and Casper giver birth as well, to yet ANOTHER girl (little Elah is sick of all the estrogen), Lilla Ayn.
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DW: Annika (34)
-exDH: Alastair (36)
--DW: Maura (34)
---DD1/DD2: Chloe, Ella (nb)
DH: Casper (33)
DS1: Elah (8)
AD1: Anastasia (8)
DD1/DD2/DD3: Viola, Ingrid, Alice (5)
DD4/DD5: Brenna, Aina (3)
DD6: Lilla (nb)
DCat: Ebba (6)
DBird: Colleen (4)
DDog: Alma (3)

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After 10 years,

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Annika and Casper, Elah, Anastasia, Viola and Ingrid and Alice,
Brenna and Aina, Lilla, Ebba and Colleen and Alma / Alastair and Maura, Chloe and Ella

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this was a crazy but fun family :)