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The Winthrop Family

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DH: James Charles Winthrop [23]
DW: Eugenie Felipa-Maria (née Palomo) Winthrop [20]

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DS/DD: _____ _____ _____ Winthrop / _____ _____ _____ Winthrop [nb]

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James and Eugenie both live in England. They met at a local park, after literally running into each other on their bikes. Eugenie ended up falling and spraining her ankle. James felt so sorry, that he decided to do what nursing he could until she was better. He brought her over dinner every night for a week, and by the end of the week he was staying for dinner and a movie. The two found that they had a lot in common. A year later, they were married in the very same park they first met in. On their first anniversary, they had boy/girl twins!

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Both James and Eugenie are fond of the popular/trendy British names. Eugenie also loves Spanish/Portuguese names, as this is her heritage on her father's side. Both children's MN#2 will be a catholic saint's name. DS's FN or MN1 should somehow honor his father. DD's FN should either be nickname-y or a masculine name in a feminine form (ie Charlotte for Charles or Hattie for Henry)

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The Resnik Family

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DW: Elizabeth "Tibby" Veronica Resnik [22]
DH: Tobias "Toby" Alonzo (née Farkas) Resnik [21]

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DS: T____ _____ Resnik [nb]

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Tibby's family is rather unique in the fact that it still practices a strong matriarch rule. Part of the family's traditions include the husband taking the wife's surname, the husband always being younger than the wife (the Daughter would need to stand before a Council of Mothers and ask to marry a man who was as old or older then her), and many other strong "traditions" that help keep the families together. The Council of Mothers oversees a family trust of great amount, and the incentives for staying in the matriarch are rather strong. Boy children of the matriarch also receive incentive for keeping in contact with the family, but aren't regulated nearly as strenuously.

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Tibby and Toby met in high school. Toby's family life wasn't much (his father regularly beat on him and his mother, and this only pushed the sensitive boy further into himself), and he was greatly intrigued by Tibby's rather dynamic and large family. In their senior year, Toby's father beat Toby unconscious and killed his mother in a drunken rage. Needless to say the man went away to prison (justice was served for once!), but Toby was now an orphan.

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Tibby's family took Toby in, so that he could finish high school and have some stability. As they got to know Toby, they quickly realized that he was so completely opposite from his brash and brutish father as to be a completely different species. The whole family grew to love him, but none more then Tibby. It took Tibby actually pursuing Toby to get him to finally go out on a date with her. That date led to marriage which led to their first son. Tibby's matriarchal family rule suits Toby fine. And the two are one of the happiest couples anybody has ever met.

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Their DS's FN needs to either start with "T" or use a nickname that starts with "T" (the "T" name must be the everyday/common-use name). His MN should honor somebody on the Council of Mothers: Andrea - Bernice - Danielle - Freda - Georgia - Harriet - Jacqueline - Julia - Louise - Nicole - Patricia - Winifred

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The Seidel/Barton Family

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Dbf: Rylan Finn Seidel [16]
Dgf: Cherish "Cherry" Rebecca Barton [16]

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DS: _____ _____ Seidel [nb]

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Rylan and Cherry are high school sweethearts. One night, after a dance, they got a little too carried away and Cherry ended up pregnant. Both were repentant and scared, but they've decided to make the best of it. The difficult decisions have only served to draw the two closer (very unusual for a couple of high school kids), and they are determined to make the best of things. They will both be living at home until their senior year. However, Rylan will start working at his father's shop to provide diapers and other baby necessities and to start saving for their first place together. They are taking things slowly (a lesson they learned!), and are just trying to finish high school and figure out what to do with their life while still being a young parent. Both sets of grandparents are rather pleased that the two are acting so maturely, and have stepped up to help out some also.

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Cherry desperately wants her son's FN to honor her, and Rylan is willing if they can find a compromise they can both agree on. Rylan gets to chose the MN, and he loves popular/trendy names and "bad boy" names.

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The Stone Family

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DH: Rufus Sebastian Stone [42]
DW: Elodie Violet (née Miles) Stone [21]

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DD: _____ _____ Stone [nb]

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Rufus and Elodie make quite a strange couple. He's literally twice her age! However, he's rich, and that matters to Elodie. And she's young and beautiful, and that matters to Rufus. In a way, they are perfect for each other!

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They both like to be on the cutting edge of names. However, they prefer to look towards vintage names (regardless of nationality) for a FN. For a MN they tend to look towards colors, virtues, birds/animals, nature, or places.