Surname: Cooley, Burke, Mosley, Tyler, Shepherd, Wilkerson
1. DH: Gary, Gale, Elias, John, Alexander, Benjamin, Gregory, Thomas, Martin (63)
2. DW: Rosa, Alessandra, Lucia, Greta, Katya, Noemi, Cosima, Anna, Maria, Allegra [Maiden Name: Monte, Mantegna, Toffoli, DiMaggio, Cucinotta] (62)
3. DD: Margaret, Elaine, Danielle, Jane, Mae, Rosalia, Liliana, Adriana, Giana, Anna, Camilla (36)
4. DS: Elias, Joseph, Benjamin, Caleb, Noah, Lorenzo, Benito, Paolo, Aurelio, Daniele, Giacomo (34)
5. DD: Sophia, Nicole, Emma, Nora, Louise, Maria, Lucia, Olivia, Virginia, Gaia, Laura, Ilaria (30)
6. DD: Gabrielle, Catherine, Rosalind, Lindsey, Georgia, Cosima, Flavia, Viola, Caterina, Ludovica (29)
7. DS: Thomas, Alexander, Warren, Henry, Michael, Alessandro, Silvestro, Prospero, Ricci, Matteo (27)
While traveling through Europe in his early 20's, 1. met a beautiful Italian women called 2. and quickly fell in love. 2. shared a love for traveling as well, and they continued to travel for a couple more years before settling down to start a family. 2. decided to move back to the states with 1. to settle down an begin having children. They had five beautiful children and are madly in love. They travel back to Italy to see 2.'s parents as often as possible.
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Surname: Duffy, Baker, Ferrell, Cooke, Gentry, Hoffman
8. DH: Lee, Julian, Zachary, Micah, Cole, James, Aaron, Heath, Daniel, Shawn (40)
3. DW: (36)
9. DD: Rosalie, Margaret, Cara, Cecilia, Serena, Laura, Nora, Camryn, Addison (10)
10. DS: William, Cole, Sebastian, Alexander, Benjamin, Dominic, Jacob, Luke, Micah (7)
11. DD: Lily, Annabel, Clare, Aurora, Veronica, Emily, Alba, Isabella, Mikayla, Julia (3)
3. was always anxious about traveling. While she loved seeing her family overseas, she preferred to otherwise remain local. She met 4. at a bar down the street from the university she was just about to graduate from. As it turns out, he'd attended the same college for a similar degree. They really hit it off. Now, they are settled with three children. 3. searched for names that were similar to the Italian part of her heritage or would easily translate.
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Surname: (above)
4. DH: (34)
12. DW: Ah Cy, Meizhen, Meilin, Chao-Xing, Jingfei, Jia, Da-Xia, Ming-Hua, Zhu, Rong, Peijing, Shihong, Ting [Maiden Name: Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu] (31)
13. DS: Li (Lee), Cai (Ky), Deshi (Desi/ Desmond), Enlai (Henry), Bo (Beau), Quon (Quinn), Tai (Ty), Shen (Shawn), Zhong (John) (3)
14. DD: An (Anne), Chai Yenn (Cheyenne), Jun (June), Mei (May), Lian (LeeAnn), Li Li (Lily), Yi-Ze (Lizzy), Li Na (Lina), Bai (Bay) (0)
4., just like his parents, felt passionate about travel. He followed in his parents footsteps and traveled Europe in his early 20's and expanded his travels as he aged. In his late 20's, he traveled through China and met 12. 4. Married 12. after a year engagement and they had two children. They decided to chose names that would easily translate into english yet were definitely Chinese, to honor both heritages. (in parenthesis are the english resemblance).
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Surname: Bianchi, Ricci, Greco, De Luca, Rizzo, Lombardi
15. DH: Cornelio, Antonio, Danilo, Paolo, Marcello, Dante, Gaetano, Marino, Lando (31)
5. DW: (30)
16. DS: Francesco, Samuel, Domenico, Eduardo, Christian, Antionio, Luca, Stefano, Giulio, Davide (5)
17. DS: Tommaso, Leonardo, Gabriele, Elia, Alessandro, Lorenzo, Giovanni, Vincenzo, Gabriel, Paolo (4)
18. DD: Eleanora, Giulia, Viola, Aurora, Sofia, Miriam, Matilde, Beatrice, Vittoria, Gaia, Sara, Chiara (2)
19. DS: Matteo, Diego, Antontio, Jacopo, Riccardo, Giuseppe, Thomas, Pietro, Emmanuele, Salvatore (0)
20. DD: Ginevra, Emma, Elisa, Noemi, Margherita, Carlotta, Caterina, Adele, Alice, Mia, Serena, Giada (0)
5. loved the environment, culture, etc she was surrounded in during visits to her mothers side of the family. When 5. graduated from high school, she decided to apply to study abroad in Italy. She chose a university close to her grandparents home and lived with them while studying. 5. met 15. during her childhood visits, as he was the son of a family friend. As adults, they fell in love. They married after completing university. Eventually, they went on to have four children.
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Surname: Menendez, Vila, Soto, Reyes, Flores, Arias, Leon
21. DH: Ian, Cesar, Juan, Jose, Arturo, Joaquin, Omar, Saul, Alonso, Javier, Antonio, Miguel, Gerard, Aaron (35)
6. DW: (29)
22. DD: Lucia, Sofia, Carmen, Natalia, Carlota, Cristina, Clara, Miriam, Helena, Beatriz, Jana, Etela, Madalena (6)
23. DD: Maria, Alba, Noa, Laia, Celia, Nora, Isabel, Noelia, Silvia, Olivia, Mara, Iris, Diana, Aurelia, Catalina (5)
24. DD: Daniela, Julia, Alena, Valeria, Emma, Lola, Eva, Gabriela, Lidia, Ana Maria, Luna, Cyntia, Emilie, Marisol (3)
25. DS: Alejandro, Diego, Adrian, Ivan, Manuel, Pablo, Hugo, Alvaro, Miguel, Jorge, Nicolas, Martin, Luis, Joel (1)
6. and 21. met through an online dating service. They spoke online for almost a year before meeting in person. It was love at first sight and they married six months later, only a couple months after finding out they were expecting their first. Now, they are a happy family of six. They chose from a selection of names that were common in both Italy and Spain and chose to use two middle names for their children, as the 21. has two middle names. It was a family tradition. 6. and 21. settled in a house in town with 6.'s parents, with 21.'s parents only a couple towns away themselves.
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Surname: (above)
7. DH: (27)
26. DW: Anaelle, Louise, Alice, Chloe, Charlotte, Lea, Celeste, Elise, Helen, Jeanne, Simone, Elizabeth, Anne, Danielle [Maiden Name: Bellamy, Cabot, Landry, Luc, Montgomery] (28)
27. DD: Eleanor, Delphine, Lily, Emmeline, Fleur, Maelle, Madeleine, Violet, Adelaide, Allegra, Lucy, Romilly, Pearl, Aurora (2)
28. DS: Leopold, August, Maxence, Milo, Roman, Theo, Zachael, Oliver, Remy, Gavin, Enzo, Alexander, Gabriel, Arthur, Thomas (0)
7. and 26. grew up in the same school, had many mutual friends, but never spoke until after graduating high school. They weren't sure they liked each other right away, but after spending time together they grew to really like one another. They started dating when he was 21, she was 22. They married two years later. Now they have two children, a daughter and a son.