New signups:
https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/4908040Round 1:
https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/4908911Round 2:
https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/4910035Round 3:
https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/4911171Round 4:
https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/4912159
Between 3 and 6 years have passed since Round 4 (depends on the family). Sorry I was slow on posting new rounds for this.
arieleden
DH: Alexander Gennadiy Kazmirnikov
DW: Shir Nava [Levine] Kazmirnikov
DD: Maya Yekaterina Kazmirnikov (23)
DD: Talia Antonina Kazmirnikov (21)
DD: Elinor Darya "Ellie" Kazmirnikov (19)
AD: Karolin Lucia Kazmirnikov (19)
AD: Roza Weronika Kazmirnikov (15)
AS: Anthony Alexander Kazmirnikov (8)
AD: Sara Julijana Kazmirnikov (8)
AS: (2)
Alexander and Shir are welcoming a boisterous 2-year old from Indiana, born to a traumatized single mother. His FN is one syllable and flows well with his MN (sometimes he is referred to by both his FN & MN).
ishild
DH: Dylan Aleksey Hawthorne [41]
DW: Ashley Christina (Banks) Hawthorne [41]
AS: Zakariya "Zak" Kayin Hawthorne [21]
AS: Rasim Amadou Hawthorne [18]
AD: Andreea Madalina Hawthorne [20]
AD: Raluca "Luca" Domnica Hawthorne [19]
AS: Sawyer Theodore Hawthorne [15]
AD: Elena Isabel Hawthorne [8]
AS: Oscar Miguel Hawthorne [7]
AD: [2 months]
Dylan & Ashley have adopted a baby daughter to a young couple that would like children one day but are sadly not yet able to provide for one. They look forward to maintaining a relationship through the open adoption process. Besides being born with a heart murmur, she is in good health. Her FN made the Top 1000 in 2016 but is not in the BtN database. Her MN comes from pop culture.
JALDH: Leonard Walter Sommerhoff 'Len' [57]
DW: Evelyn Rosalie [Pfenning] Sommerhoff 'Evie' [55]
DH’s DS: Alexander Peter Sommerhoff 'Xander' [31]
-DW: Cecelia Rosemary [Webster] Sommerhoff 'Celia' [30]
AS: Orson Michael [17]
AD & AD: Katherine Ariel 'Kate' & Philippa Hero 'Pippa' [15]
AS: Elihu Mal'akhi 'Eli' [14]
AS: Dominik Martin 'Nik' [12]
AS: Phinehas Arieh 'Finn' [9]
AD: [5]
Leonard & Evelyn are adopting a daughter from Texas, who has been in foster care for most of her childhood. She is used to being part of a large household but somewhat slow to build trust with others. She loves to invent & draw teams of superheroines. She is currently struggling with nightmares. Her FN ends in -ah & her MN is dated or old-fashioned.
Kaesy
DH: Rylan Xavier Heath [45]
DW: Eluned Alya [Pryce] Heath [43]
DD: Amity Isla Heath [21]
DS: Owen York Heath [19]
DS: Kai Judah Heath [8]
AS: Koda Joaquín Heath [20]
AD: Joyeuse Amondi 'Joy' Heath [19]
AS: Aufrey Blaise 'Rey' Heath [17]
AD: Adeline Peace Heath [12]
AD: Wei Bella Heath [11]
AS: Xinyi Leo Heath [10]
AD: [6]
Rylan & Eluned have adopted a French-speaking daughter from Haiti after a 3 year long adoption process. She is expressive & espiritual. She likes to dance when she is feeling happy & well; when she is frustrated, she will stomp around. She has sickle cell anemia, which she was once hospitalized for, and sometimes deals with abdominal pain. Her FN is short & French. Her MN is Creole (
https://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/gender/feminine/usage/haitian-creole).
Mar
DH: Morgan Thaddeus Jasper Rutherford [43]
DW: Suraya Rutherford - al-Qadir [41]
AS: Maxence Omar Montgomery Rutherford [15]
AS: Driss Thaddeus Felix Rutherford [14]
AD: Aicha Soraya Rosemary Rutherford [14]
AS: Jasper Marion Qadir Rutherford "Jazzy" [6]
AD & AS: [4]
Morgan & Suraya are adopting two happy, adaptable twins from Haiti. They like collecting things they find outside together. The sister especially likes insects. The brother likes rocks, shells, & pine cones. He has a cleft lip which causes him some difficulty with articulation. They have French FNs that start with the same letter but do not sound similar. Their first MNs are shared with famous Haitians (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Haitians). Their second MNs, chosen by their adoptive parents, made the Top 500 in France within the last 10 years.
Millie
DW: Maxine Mary Morse [52]
DH: Luka Niklaus Geissler [57]
DD: Octavia Mary Geissler-Morse [20]
AS: Kaiden Blake Geissler-Morse "Kade" [16]
AD: Natasha Raven Geissler-Morse "Tasha" [10]
AS: Parker Drew Hamilton [10]
AD: [6]
The Geissler-Morse family has adopted a daughter from Belfast, Northern Ireland following an incident in which she was left unsupervised & vandalized a park. Creative & boisterous, she likes arts & crafts (but has not learned to clean up after herself) and also enjoys playground games. Her FN is a nickname. Her MN was popular in Northern Ireland in 2005 (
https://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/northern-ireland/2005).
PeachyGirl86
DH: Jorge Eduardo Vasquez [53]
DW: Stephanie Clare "Steph" Vasquez, nee Woods [47]
AS: Charles Elliott "Charlie" Vasquez [18]
AS: Deepak Asim Vasquez [22]
AD: Priya Nasrin Vasquez [16]
AS: Miguel Jalexander Vasquez [17]
AD: Reagan Flor Vasquez [9]
AD: [15]
--DS: [nb]
Jorge & Stephanie are adopting a teenage daughter who became pregnant, shortly before the final stages of the adoption process in which she was visited by her adoptive family. She had been raised by a single father since she was about 7; prior to her being given up for adoption, he was hospitalized due to psychosis. She is very interested in American culture and enjoys listening to music & playing soccer. She is independent and somewhat rebellious by nature, but would like to become more mature and stable. She has Portuguese FNs & MNs, one of which ends in -ia & the other of which ends in a letter besides a. She would like to name her son with Brazilian names (
https://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/gender/masculine/usage/brazilian).