Moved the families up at two different rates this round, cause I felt like some were ready to go further and some weren't. Next round I'll have them synched up (50 years apart) again.
You guys keep giving me so many good names! I hope you're enjoying the game half as much as I am :)
Year: 1903
DH: [36] Jan Pieter Van Donk
DW: [33] Elsje Gertrude [Hoedemaker] Van Donk
DD: [11] Alida Jozefien Van Donk (Hiddlestoner_26)
DD: [9] Martha Beatrix Van Donk (Darkbone & Rowena Ravenclaw)
DD: [6] Clara Lieslot Van Donk (sockllama)
DS: [4]
Lodewijk James “Louie” Van Donk (cranberry)DD: [1]
Jan still prefers to use Lodewijk's full, Dutch, name, but he's coming to accept that Elsje was reasonable to give him a more manageable nickname. The parents still speak Dutch at home, and with most of their friends in the community, but their girls are more likely to speak English with each other, like they do at school. Poor Louie is quite outnumbered in his family, as Jan and Elsje have welcomed a fourth daughter.
Her FN is in the top 100 for 1903, and her MN is Dutch.
Year: 1959
DH: [37] Harry Andrew Carlson
DW: [35] Irene Eleanor [Bancroft] Carlson
DS: [17] Peter William Carlson (Jessamine)
DD: [17] Margaret Susan "Peggy-Sue" Carlson (RowenaRavenclaw)
-Dbf: [18]
DS: [12] Walter Joseph Carlson (Jessamine)
DD: [10] Cynthia Anne Carlson (Darkbone)DS: [nb]
Harry and Irene thought they were done adding to their family ten years ago, but then one last surprise came along! It was almost as much a surprised as Peggy-Sue's first long-term boyfriend. Of course, Irene wasn't much older than her daughter is now when she got married, but it doesn't seem like it to her. She just hopes her daughter will have more time to let things develop than she did.
Peggy-Sue's boyfriend has a FN and MN in the top 150 of his birth year (1941), his surname is Irish, and he has a nickname that does not come from his name.
Harry and Irene's new son has a FN in the top 50 for 1959, and a MN that has always been in the top 1000 (
https://nameberry.com/list/357/Boy-Names-ALWAYS-in-the-Top-1000 )
Year: 2003
DH: [36] Jay Alexander Curtis
DW2: [33]
DD: [7] Gabriella Jade "Gabby" Curtis (Darkbone)
DS: [4] Jeremy Vincent Curtis (RowenaRavenclaw)
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DW: [37] Sonya Marie [Langer] Lund
DH2: [35] Rodney Dagfinn Lund (Eskarina)
DD: [7] Gabriella Jade "Gabby" Curtis (Darkbone)
DsS: [5] Zachary Noah Lund (Hiddlestoner_26)DS: [4] Jeremy Vincent Curtis (RowenaRavenclaw)
DD: [exp]
Gabby has been thrilled to be a flower girl twice in the last four years - Sonya and Rodney were married two years ago, and Jay remarried just this year. Gabby, Jeremy, and Zachary have all been getting used to each other, though their schedules for when they're with their shared set of parents don't always match up, and it's a bit weird having a 'part time' sibling. But they're all united in excitement for their expected new sister.
Jay's wife's FN is ranked below 900 in the US top 1000 for her year of birth (1970). Her MN is a long name in the top 500 of the same year. Her surname is one syllable.
Sonya & Rodney's daughter's FN is in the top 200 for 2003 and is three or four syllables long. Her MN is nature related name that's in the top 1000 for that year.
Year: 2059
DH: [44] Carter Angel Gonzalez
DW: [44] Riley Evelyn Peters
DS: [17] Cato Jacoby Gonzalez (Eskarina)
-Dgf: [16]
DD: [13] Quincy Minerva Gonzalez (starletinwaiting)
ADD: [13] Remedy Kathalen Gonzalez (Serel Channah)
ADS: [10] Pryor Shannon Gonzalez (starletinwaiting)
It's ten years later for the Gonzalez family, and Cato has a serious girlfriend Well, he says she is: Carter and Riley are a bit skeptical of high school relationships - they both had some in that time that they now look back on as pretty shallow. But she seems like a nice girl, and they're happy for him either way.
Cato's girlfriend has a FN you think will be popular in her birth year (2043) and two MNs: one is currently popular, one is a non-English word name. Her surname is hyphenated.
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https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/120652