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H (49) Valentín "Tino" Shin-Márquez RowenaRavenclaw
W (48) Chika Onyinyechi Bhandari cher529s

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D (17) Liranel Kaamara "Nellie" Shin-Márquez Bhandari AnonymousNameNerd123
D (12) Iseul Chimamanda Shin-Márquez Bhandari AhaRememo
S (7) Mahershalalhashbaz Eun-U "Baz" Shin-Márquez Bhandari starletinwaiting

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Aunt (34)

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FN: Igbo, contains a double N sound
MN: Igbo, has a meaning related to God
LN: Bhandari

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D (6)

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FN: Igbo, with a short and international nickname
MN: Igbo, contains the letters "di"
LN: Bhandari

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𓃢 (dec at 17) Turmeric Wordsmith
𓃠 (10) Polyhymnia "Polly" molly
𓃢 (6) Cinnamon TheRobinBird13
𓆉 (3)

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FN: a culinary herb.

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Tino has published a well-reviewed book on architecture and environmental responsibility. Chika has spearheaded an international fellowship for young female filmmakers.

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Nellie is preparing for university, where she wants to study creative writing. She volunteers at community arts programs and has had her first short story published.

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Iseul is passionate about wildlife conservation, and leads her school's environmental club. She can often be found with a notebook and magnifying glass in hand, observing the insects on the rooftop garden.

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Baz enjoys building things with his father, Tino, and shows an early knack for engineering. He's also learning to play the piano, guided by his love of music.

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Turmeric lived to an astounding 17. Though it's been two years, the family still misses him. A portrait Nellie painted of Turmeric is displayed proudly in the living room.

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Polly has mellowed with age, but maintains an impish streak. Cinnamon is explosively energetic - Iseul and Baz are happy to spend long hours playing with him until he finally collapses, exhausted, late in the evening.

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The family has recently adopted a turtle, who lives in a carefully designed habitat in their garden.

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The biggest change, however, came recently. Chika's younger sister and her daughter have moved in with the family, taking residence in one of the guest bedrooms. Chika's sister is a freelance writer and editor whose messy divorce has left her in dire financial straits - her husband was Nigerian-American, and they lived in New York, but she hadn't obtained American citizenship. Thus, she decided to start anew in Barcelona with her sister's family.

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Her daughter is delighted by her cousins, especially Baz, who builds her elaborate blanket forts. Despite the upheaval caused by her parents' messy divorce and her moving countries, she is a happy, extroverted child who loves drawing, dressing up, and listening to bedtime stories Chika and her sister learnt in their childhoods.

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masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080