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Another round, another couple of years for your families. Have fun!

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Ariel
LN: Hearn
SO: Vaughn Charles Hearn [57]
SO: Eleri Jane Hearn [50]
DS: Tadhg Cassander Hearn [25]
- - DW: Maret Grażyna Jelen [26]
- DD:
DS: Odhran Silas Hearn [21]
ADD: Treasa Nefeli Hearn [19]
Location: Ireland
After a joyous reunion, Tadhg and Maret got married in a small ceremony last year. To the surprise of both their families (who thought that they didn’t know each other well enough before they got married) their relationship has just gotten stronger and they are delighted to be expecting their first child. They plan to give their daughter one Estonian name and one Irish name. The order is your choice.

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ashtonfisher
LN: May
SO1: Ashton Victoria May
SO2: Sarah Katherine [Gregory] May
ADD: Alexia Lupita May “Lexie”
DS: James Gregory May “Jamie”
ADS: Lucas Rowan May
ADS:
ADD:
Location: New York, NY (but from Atlanta, Ga)
Round 4: Now that Ashton and Sarah’s kids are getting to be preteens, they decided it was a good time to adopt again. They recently brought home a baby boy from Nigeria whose birth name was Azubuike. Ashton and Sarah decided to keep his birth name as his middle name and gave him a traditional first name.
Round 5: Lexie, who will be starting high school this fall, is turning into quite the typical teen. She’s taken to spending most of her time at the mall shopping with her friends. Ashto and Sarah worry that she’s spending too much, but they did find it useful when she was able to furnish a whole nursery for her new sister with stuff she had bought. Ashton and Sarah adopted a baby girl locally and brought her home last week. The first name they gave her is your choice, and her middle name, her original name, is very trendy now.

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Daffodilla
LN: Miller
DH: Gabriel Joseph [36]
DW: Sydney Louisa [37]
DD: Kajsa Marie [18]
DS: Thorsten Gregor [15]
ADD: Vanya Thomasina [11]
DS: Amadeo Ephraim [4]
ADD: [2]
Location: Seattle, Washington
Sydney and Gabriel were overjoyed to add an adopted daughter into their family a couple of days ago. They weren’t sure about adopting again because they didn’t want any of their children to feel they weren’t good enough, but Kajsa started rallying the others to show their support, and Gabriel and Sydney were convinced. Their daughter is a local two-year-old, and she already makes the family seem complete. Her birth name contains two Ys, and her new parents keep it as her middle name. Her new first name is not English and doesn’t end in -a.

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Emaleigh
LN: Beckett
DW: Noa Allison Beckett [33]
DH: Max Lee Beckett [34]
DS: Adam Devyn Beckett [7]
DD: Rochelle Marlee Beckett [6]
DD: Donna Kaylyn Beckett [3]
DS: Christopher Aiden Beckett [1]
DS: [nb]
Location: Southern California
Noa and Max welcomed another son just days ago. Adam and Rochelle were getting used to having one baby in the house and are a little annoyed that there’s going to be two, but they love the new little boy anyways. Noa and Max don’t think they can ever be happier than they are now. They decided to give him a name that complements Christopher’s and a very popular middle name.

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Eris
LN: Hawthorne
SO1: Edward Alexander Hawthorne
SO2: Rosabel Therese Norton
DS: Jasper Sebastian Hawthorne {Adrian’s twin}
DS: Adrian Leonidas Hawthorne {Jasper’s twin}
- - DGf:
DD: Cordelia Iris Hawthorne
DS: Henry Martin Hawthorne
DD: Rosalie Ione Hawthorne
Location: UK
Jasper and Adrian both graduated college two years ago. Jasper immediately got a job in a lab studying cancer while Adrian decided on a… different approach. He packed his bags and headed off to Australia to sell paddle boards. He recently got a job as a sailing instructor and is living the sweet life. He is in the early stages of a relationship with a local girl. Her first and middle names were popular in Australia ten years ago and her last name is derived from a location. She goes by a nickname that doesn’t relate to any of her names.

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esh
LN: Milton
Location: Scotland
DH: [56] Thomas Armand Milton
DW: [53] Amy Jane Milton
DD3: [32] Erin Sheridan MacDonald
- - DH: [34] Fergus “Gus” Lawrence Gillespie
- DS: [2]
DD1: [21; twin to Annaliese] Harriet Ailsa Milton
DD2: [21; twin to Harriet] Annaliese Lorna Milton
- - DGf: [22]
Round 4: Erin and Gus have been married for three years and have only just welcomed their first child, a son. The little boy has become an instant celebrity within the Milton family, and Harriet and Annaliese (now college students) keep stopping by to coo at him. Erin and Gus gave him a strong Scottish first name and a middle name that honors Thomas.
Round 5: Annaliese decided to study marine wildlife in Hawaii for her college’s study abroad program. During her first month there she accidentally collided with a surfer while snorkeling, and they immediately hit it off. She doesn’t want to rush their relationship, but she can’t help thinking about introducing him to her family. His parents named him after a famous football star and gave him a Hawaiian middle name. His surname isn’t uncommon in the US.

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estel
LN: Thompson
SO1: William Alexander “Wil”
SO2: Rebekah Faith “Bekah”
DD: Abigail Elizabeth “Abby”
DD: Eleanor Rose “Ellie”
DD: Alexandra Hope “Lexy”
DS: Daniel Lawrence “Danny”
DS:
Location: United States
It’s been a couple of years since Danny was born and Bekah recently gave birth to another son. She and Wil couldn’t be happier with their five children, and have decided that he is going to be their last child. He has a common classic first name with a nickname, and his middle name is your choice.

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Feorsteorra
LN: Barton
DW1: Margaret Ruth Barton [38] (born in England)
DW2: Colleen Rosalyn Barton [37] (born in NY, parents born in Ireland)
ADS: Tybalt Lucas Barton “Ty” [26]
- - DW: [25]
DD: Poppy Quinn Catriona Barton [25]
DD: Tamsin Shea Ciara Barton [22]
DS: Patrick Harrison Finn Barton “Harry” [14]
Location: NYC
Margaret and Colleen can’t believe their children are all grown up. Ty is off pursuing a career in social work, Poppy is volunteering in Trinidad and Tobago with the peace corps, Tamsin is starting out as a graphic designer, and Harry is spending more and more time rocking out on his guitar. The whole family recently congregated for Ty’s wedding to the girl he’s madly in love with. His wife’s first name is more commonly a nickname, her middle name is a classic, and her maiden name is an occupation.

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Fingaernith
LN: McCluskey
- - Location: Portland, OR
DH: Anthony Scott McCluskey “Tony” [41]
DW: Christina Natalie [Geier] McCluskey [38]
- DD: Penelope Jennifer McCluskey “Penny” [14]
- DS: Matthew Charles McCluskey “Mattie” [9]
- DS: Thomas Stephen McCluskey “Tommy” [8]
- DD/DD: Cassandra Alice McCluskey “Cassie” / Catherine Lavender McCluskey “Katie” [3]
- DS: [exp]
After much deliberation and discussion with their children, Tony and Christina and the McCluskey family decided on just one more child. Now that they’re expecting a little boy, all the kids are excited about all the baby stuff and Penny especially loves suggesting names. Although they pretend to take her suggestions into account, Tony and Christina have already decided on a two syllable first name with a nickname that they love. His middle name is a classic.

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Flute
LN: Bowen-Case
DW: Polly Llewella [53]
DW: Margaret Anna [55]
AD: Alis Eun Sang Bowen-Case [24; South Korea]
- - DF: [23]
DD: Enid Clara Bowen-Case [20]
AS: Ieuan Pascual Bowen-Case [17; Mexico]
DD: Olwen Charlotte Bowen-Case [14]
Location: UK (Wales)
Alis met the love of her life in college and they moved in together soon after he graduated. Since Alis is going to go back to school to get a teaching degree and her boyfriend is in medical school, they plan to wait a while before getting married of having children, but they decided to get engaged anyways.

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ishild
LN: Forsberg
DH: Carl Oscar Forsberg [35]
DW: Annika Lova Forsberg, née Jonsson [33]
DD: Ellinor Louisa Forsberg [11]
DS: Rasmus Theodor Forsberg [9]
DS/DD: Bo Edmund Forsberg & Kristina "Stina" Lottie Forsberg [7]
ADS: Jay Alfred Forsberg [5; India]
ADD: [2; Guatemala]
Location: Umea, Sweden
Jay has been part of the Forsberg family for two years, and Carl and Annika decided to adopt again. They want to stop at six kids, so the Guatemalan girl they plan to adopt will be their last child, and they think that she will really be the one to make the family seem complete. They plan to keep her original Spanish birth name and give her a vintage English middle name.

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JaneLondon
LN: Petrova
DH: Stefan Aleksander Petrova [53]
DW: Viviana Antonia "Ana" Petrova, nee Scala [52]
DD: Nadia Ellery Petrova [25]
- - DW: Harrison Michael Graham [25]
- DD/DS: Lux Penelope Graham and Rex Kingston Graham [7]
- DS: [exp]
AD: Mila Evelyn Petrova [18]
Location: Seattle, WA
Nadia and Harrison were so proud when their twins took the roles of best man and maid of honor at their wedding last year. Now they’re expecting a son and they can’t imagine any way that their life together could have gone better. They plan on giving their son a longer unusual name that doesn’t contain an X. The middle name is you choice.

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Jessamine
LN: Haynes
DH [36] Elliot Kieran Haynes
DW [36] Audrey Alyssa {Lloyd} Haynes
DS [23] Oscar Ian Haynes
- - DGf [21]
DS [20] Nolan Alexander Haynes
DD [18] Poppy Mikaela Haynes
DD [15] Piper Katharine Haynes
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
With four beautiful children, Elliot and Audrey decided that their family was complete years ago. Fifteen years have passed and Oscar has recently graduated from college and gotten a job as an architect. He is in the early stages of his relationship with his girlfriend, a younger woman who he met in college. Her name is short and has no nickname possibilities. Her middle name has a positive meaning.

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Julia
H: Andrew Joel [40]
W: Rachel Vivian [40]
D: Anna Soleil [11]
AS: Gabriel Vitaliy [10]
S: Luke Raphael [7]
AD: Sarah Valentyna [7]
AD: [1]
Location: Michigan, USA
Andrew and Rachel realized that they didn’t feel that their family was complete a couple years ago. After briefly considering having another biological child, they contacted an adoption agency in Ghana. They recently adopted a one-year-old girl and have determined their family complete. They decided to give their daughter a Biblical first name and keep her birth name (a Dagbani name) as her middle name.

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KaptainO
LN: Cross
SO1: Jeffrey Phillip Cross
SO2: Gwendolen Abigail Cross
DS: Thomas Lee Cross
- DH:
DD: Elinor Joy Cross
DD: Cosette Ivy Cross
DD: Josephine Lux Cross
Location: Seattle, WA
It was with much difficulty that Thomas decided to come out of the closet in his early twenties. Now he couldn’t be happier that he did, as he’s met a man and fallen head-over-heels in love. The two are now married and considering their future. Thomas’s husband has a unisex first name, a long middle name, and a difficult-to-spell surname.

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Kissinger_Hollings45
LN: Wyatt
SO1: Julian Anthony Wyatt
SO2: Sloane Dolores Wyatt
DS- Reid Bradley Wyatt
DD- Evangeline Campbell Wyatt
DD- Malloy Dylan Wyatt
DS- Parker Langdon Wyatt
DS-
Location: San Diego, CA
It’s a boy! Julian and Sloane were ecstatic to welcome their second son into the family. Most of the kids have at least attempted to be excited, but the older ones especially are getting bored of a new baby every few years..They gave him surnames for both his first and middle names, but his first name is also commonly used as a given name.

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LadyBug
LN: Cochran
DH: Garrett Daniel Cochran
DW: Leah Jillian (Mobley) Cochran
DD: Zaylee Fleur Cochran
DS: Micaiah Welcome Cochran
DS: Alford Espoir Cochran
DS: Thayne Deliverance Cochran
DD:
Location: Virginia, USA
Zaylee couldn’t be happier now that she has a baby sister. Garrett and Leah welcomed their second daughter and fifth child this week, and, although they’re both exhausted, they’re ecstatic to have another child to love. They gave their daughter a unique name that doesn’t fit with any trends. Her middle name is a French word.

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megan_donuts
LN: Eriksson
DH: [38] Josef Alf
DW: [39] Sigrid Klara
DS: [25] Ralf Dagfinn
- - DF: [26]
DS: [23] Harald Sigurd
DS: [19] Elias Truls
ADS: [19; Nigeria] Isaiah Bosse
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ralf has grown up to be quite the personable guy, and he recently landed his first teaching post. He’s been enjoying teaching and making sure not to let planning it take up all his free time. He loves his fiancée more than anything, and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. Her first name contains an X and her middle name is three letters long.

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Ninor
LN: Eaton
DH: Cyrus Christopher Eaton
DW: Matilda Willow (Leigh) Eaton
DS: Jack Dekel Eaton
DS: Samuel Ashley Eaton “Sam”
DD: Lea Rose Eaton
DS: Eli Sebastian Eaton
ADS:
Location: Anaheim, CA
Cyrus and Matilda plan to have more biological children later on, but for now they’re focused on the five year old boy that they adopted from India. They kept his original first name, a short Indian name that sounds cool in English, and gave him a new middle name (your choice).

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NobodyOfConsequence
DH: Samuel William [46]
DW: Adela Sinead [44]
DS: Leo Samuel [19]
- - DBf: [19]
DD: Indie Adele [15]
DD: Arie Peppa [12]
DS: Jack Carter [10]
Leo recently came out to his family as gay and introduced them to his boyfriend. His boyfriend is originally from Russia, but his family moved to Canada at around the time that Russia started to invade Ukraine. He and Leo met in high school, where they were just good friends and furthered their relationship when they started attending the same college. He has a very Russian first name, a patronymic middle name, and a Russian last name.

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plingy
LN: Sauveterre
SO1: Loïc Robert
SO2: Stéphanie Muriel
DD: Léontine Maela
DD: Éliane Rozenn
DS: Yannick Sébastien
DS: Clément Gaël
ADS:
Location: Rennes, France
Loïc and Stéphanie always wanted to adopt, and after all the health issues with Clément they decided that it was a good time. They decided to adopt from Haiti so the child would already speak French and were set up with a four year old boy. Since Clément is the same age, Loïc and Stéphanie think that the boy will be a perfect match. He has a fairly long French birth name which his parents plan on keeping, and they plan to give him a modern sounding French middle name.

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PrincessLeia
LN: Meyer
DH: [48] Elliot Samuel Meyer
DW: [47] Eliza May {Washington} Meyer “Liza”
- DD: [22] Isabel Marguerite Meyer “Isa”
- - DD: [nb]
- DS: [17] Alexei Benjamin Meyer “Lex”
- DS: [13] Thiago Henry Meyer “Tio”
- DS: [10] Elijah Pierre Meyer “Eli”
Location: Portland, Oregon
Isa was aghast to find out that she was pregnant just after graduating college. It was completely unplanned and she wasn’t even with the father, but she decided to keep the baby and was rewarded with a beautiful baby girl. She knows that being a single mom is gonna be tough, but she has the support of her family and she can’t imagine life any other way. Isa gave her daughter a name that’s between 250 and 350 in the US top list for 2014. Her middle name is your choice.

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QuillHeart
LN: Howell
DW: Niko Henna {Rinne}
DW: Enfys Aeron
DS: Artturi Otto
DD: Janna Rúna
DD: Anika Eija
DS: Lars Milo
DS: Kristoffer Aldo "Chris"
DD:
Location: Wales
Niko recently gave birth to a little girl, her and Enfys’s last child. The other kids were excited to have a sister and the older girls love to help out as much as they can. The new baby girl has a Finnish name usable in English and a four letter long middle name.

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Serel Channah
DW: Marnie Ayelet Wolf
DW: Simisola Abeni Afolayan
DD: Bethari Melati Afolayan-Wolf
- - Bf:
DD: Delia Beatriz Afolayan-Wolf
DD:
DD:
Location: Florida, USA
Round 3: Marnie and Simisola have loved playing with their daughters and helping them through growing up. Now they feel ready to take on another child, and are adopting a little girl from China. Her birth name, Mei Fen, is now her middle name, and her first name is your choice.
Round 4: Marnie and Simisola think their family just might be complete now that they’ve adopted their latest child, another daughter. They adopted locally again, and brought home a one-year-old girl a couple of weeks ago. Their older daughters love playing with her and trying to get her to take her first steps. Her first name is your choice, and her middle name, her original name, is Izara.
Round 5: Bethari and her boyfriend have been together for two years now, and are thinking about getting married once they finish high school. Both Marnie and Simisola are against them getting married this young, but they don’t want to do anything to tarnish their relationship with their oldest child, so they’re letting everything play out for now. Bethari’s boyfriend’s first, middle, and last name are Spanish. He goes by his middle name.

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Siân
LN: Alacardi
DH: Romeo Carmine Alacardi
DH: Merrill Leland [Tobin] Alacardi
DD: Eugenie Francesca Alacardi
DD: Aurora Sofia Alacardi
DD: Graciela Matilde Alacardi
DS: Pietro Vitale Alacardi
DS:
Location: New York, United States (But Romeo is first generation American. His parents are from Italy and he has plenty of family there.)
Romeo and Merrill have been missing spending their days with Pietro now that he’s started school, and they are ready to adopt again. They were set up with a two year old boy who’s ethnically Peruvian. He has a fairly long Peruvian name and Romeo and Merrill gave him an Italian name similar to his siblings’.

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Sigrid
LN: Gardner
DH: Oscar Quentin Gardner
DW: Jane Esmeralda (Adamson) Gardner
DS: Sheldon Emmanuel Gardner
DS: Spencer Maximilian Gardner
DD: Sonia Miriam Gardner
DS: Otis Esmond Gardner
DS:
Oscar and Jane were delighted when they found out they were expecting another boy. Now that he is born, they have decided their family is complete. The other kids are happy to have him, but they are glad that there wont be any more babies in their families future. Oscar and Jane decided to give him the initials QJ or JQ using their first/middle names.

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SofiaSweden
LN: Sundin
DH: (56) Mattias Roger
DW: (55) Lily Elisabeth
DS: (28 twin to Joakim) Jesper Noel
- - DW: (27) Elena Isobel Sundin née Ramires
DS: (28 twin to Jesper) Joakim Axel
DD: (22) Astrid Nina
- - DBf: (22)
DS: (19) Victor Lars
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
So far, life is good. Jesper and Elena have decided to wait till they’re in their thirties until they have kids, Joakim is a happy bachelor, and Astrid is the one introducing someone to the family. Her boyfriend is from Norway and attended college in Sweden with her. Now that they’ve graduated, they plan to explore Scandinavia together before they have to settle down and get jobs. His first name is a short Norwegian name that doesn’t appear on any popularity lists and his middle name is your choice.

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ValerieK
LN: Hennig
-Seattle, Washington, USA-
DH: {46} Loren Terrence Hennig
DW: {43} Viola Gretchen {Posey} Hennig
DD: {16} Juliette Posey Hennig
DS: {15} Gideon Terrence Hennig
DS: {11} Finnian Elliot Hennig
DS: {10} Cassius William Hennig
DD: {nb}
Loren and Viola figured they were done having kids, so they were supremely surprised when they found out they were expecting this spring. Now that their daughter is born, they couldn’t be happier. Juliette and Gideon are disappointed that they’ll only live in the same house as their sister for two and three years respectively, but none of the kids have any other worries about it and have been very helpful for the sleepless nights after her birth. Her name is your choice, but it doesn’t contain any double letters.

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Viatrix
LN: Mackenzie
H: Arthur Peregrine Mackenzie
W: Lyra Edith [Jameson] Mackenzie
D: Florence Elowen Mackenzie ‘Flora’
S/S: Edwin Oliver Mackenzie ‘Ned’ / August Felix Mackenzie ‘Gus’
D: Philippa Marigold Mackenzie ‘Pip’
S: Sidney Flynn Mackenzie ‘Sid'
D/D:
Arthur and Lyra planned on having just one more child, and were extremely surprised when they found out they were expecting another set of twins, this time two girls. They’ve decided that the girls will definitely be their last children. Like their other children, they gave their twins vintage first names with nicknames. Their middle names are fanciful.

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Wordsmith
Dalloway-Rimes
DW1: Lavinia Margot Dalloway
DW2: Hedda Bathsheba Rimes
DD: Prunella Vivien "Prue" Dalloway-Rimes
- - DH:
DD: Cicely Agnes "Celie" Dalloway-Rimes
AD: Eulalia Seble "Lala" Dalloway-Rimes
AD: Richenza Io "Richy" Dalloway-Rimes
Prue is now happily married to the love of her life. She introduced her then boyfriend to her moms and sisters two years ago, and he was an instant hit. Everyone loves him and they were ecstatic when he proposed last year. They had a large summer wedding a couple days ago, and Prue was happy to have both her moms walk her down the isle. Prue’s husband has an unusual three-syllable first name and a common short middle name.