[name_f]Katelyn[/name_f] [name_f]Cara[/name_f] McDonell (20) is Harvey’s younger sister, being the third-oldest of the 6 siblings, and is also Gracie’s BFF. She and [name_f]Gracie[/name_f] met at the mall at Katelyn’s part-time job at a nail salon a week before [name_f]Gracie[/name_f] met and starting falling for Katelyn’s older brother. [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f] felt weird at first but just simply went along with it until realising that they really are a good and true couple, and the three bond well together, sometimes watching TV or playing video games together. While [name_f]Gracie[/name_f] is an only child, she sometimes gets told she and [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f] look like sisters, which the two have since embraced and sometimes wear matching clothes. [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f] is also into design but is more interested in nail art and is a fan of nail artists on YouTube and Instagram. [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f] is also child-free and wants to remain that way despite her siblings and believes everyone should do what is best for them. [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f] is very happy to have many siblings however and always attends their events.
[name_f]Lillie[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] McDonell (18) the 4th eldest of the McDonell siblings. Nice and outgoing, her dream job is a doctor. She is probably the shyest out of all her siblings.
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f] [name_f]Carissa[/name_f] McDonell (5) is the youngest of the McDonell siblings. She is the baby of the family and is as spoiled as one can be, and thus can be a bit of a diva when things don’t go her way. She loves playing dress up and nail salon with her siblings. She especially likes playing nail salon with [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f] as she is really good at it.
Tyler Bruce McDonnell (24) is the oldest McDonnell sibling. He is an art major and a sculptor, He mostly carves in gypsum and drives inspiration from Greek mythology, but also from the interests of his siblings - especially Sophie 's crazy obsession with horses. He often pairs up with the best friend of Paris Livingston . They are all in the same college. While Paris and Tyler study Fine Arts and want to become sculptors, while Paris ’ friend studies Photography and oftentimes asks Tyler for help expanding his portfolio because he sees Tyler as traditionally handsome and they are both in the same fraternity, being famously out-going and popular on campus. It is through photographing his sculptures and posing with them - even through kissing - that Tyler realised he was bisexual. He is forever grateful to rthe young photographer or that realisation , even though he admits that he treats his current girlfriend - Sabrina - seriously and has no intention of dating men as long as he is committed to her. Sabrina is a computer science major who is way more down-to-earth and sensible than Tyler and they embrace the “opposites attract” dynamic between them. Sabrina and Tyler have even contemplated having children, but not until they both get their Master’s Degrees.
Tyler is the closest to his brother Harvey and he honestly thinks that him and Gracie should break it off , because he knows how much Harvey wants to have a family and with Gracie 's attitude towards the aspect of having children, he doesn’t think it will be easy for the couple to agree in the future. He thinks that being an “uncle figure” for the children Harvey donated sperm for - Harmonica and Athena - will not be enough for him. He doesn’t want Harvey to suffer any heartbreak or give up his family values just to make Gracie happy. In his view, she just wants to have adventures in life and focus on her career, only caring for Harvey when it’s time to play video games together or goof around. This is good while they’re young, wild and free, but in Tyler’s view will just not work once they’re forty. He is rather honest about it and Harvey has doubts about the possible logevity of the relationship too, feeling he just wants to walk a way different path than Gracie even if they both like doing fun things together like skating. DJing or playing games - having common interest in his free time just doesn’t seem like a good enough reason to stay with her.
Miranda Hope McDonell (15) is the last of the McDonell siblings. She hated being the youngest for 10 years, so she was ecstatic when Sophie was born.
She is also artistically inclined, with a special interest in tattoos. She also likes to build/invent things and figure out how things work, so her favorite subject right now is Technology. That may also be because the Tech teacher is the coolest, smartest person she knows. Miranda hangs out in her classroom during study hall, and she keeps bugging the principal for an after-school Tech club, or at least a STEAM program, but apparently the budget is super tight.
[name_f]Freya[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_m]Williams[/name_m] (15) is Miranda’s friend and the principal of the school’s eldest daughter but she is the 2nd eldest overall. [name_f]Freya[/name_f] usually keeps quiet about her Dad when in school but if she hears someone bad-mouthing him she will get a bit feisty. She is definitely more popular than [name_f]Miranda[/name_f] but she is very level-headed and modest most of the time, but one thing she is really proud of is her horse riding achievements.
(tw: teen pregnancy, death of a family member)
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m] [name_u]Julian[/name_u] “CJ” Ansbro-Williams (24) is [name_f]Freya[/name_f] 's stepbrother and the eldest child of the family overall - they have the same mother , [name_f]Laura[/name_f] , but completely different fathers. Cormac’s birth occured when [name_f]Laura[/name_f] was only 17 and his biological father , [name_m]Denzel[/name_m] , died shortly after getting into a coma as a result to duck diving into a swimming pool which wasn’t deep enough for this kind of action to be safe. [name_f]Laura[/name_f] struggled raising a toddler alone, as this incident occured when CJ was only 2 years old. Eventually , even though his parents were strongly against it, [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] [name_m]Williams[/name_m] - a friend of [name_m]Denzel[/name_m] 's who was at the pool party that night but wasn’t able to discourage Deznel from his idea because they were both way too drunk - offerred to become an uncle figure to CJ. [name_f]Laura[/name_f] agreed because she felt like [name_m]Josh[/name_m] was the only person who could truly understand her grief. This mutual understanding and their goal to move on from the grief in order to make [name_m]Denzel[/name_m] proud - by still going to university and then continuing education via graduate school - paid off. It blossomed into love, with [name_f]Laura[/name_f] and [name_m]Josh[/name_m] deciding to have [name_f]Freya[/name_f] when [name_f]Laura[/name_f] was 26 and marrying a year prior.
CJ really loves his half-sister and supports her in everything she does , especially her horsebackriding achievements. He drives her to the stable every two to three days or whenever his parents don’t have time to. He and his girlfriend of 4 years - who he met in his 2nd year of university when studying to become a Sports Journalist - regularly visit events where [name_f]Freya[/name_f] and her horse [name_u]Percy[/name_u] participate. [name_f]Freya[/name_f] even told him about [name_f]Miranda[/name_f] ‘s desire to have a STEAM program within the school and asked him if his girlfriend’s parents could help with the school district’s budget, as her family is filthy rich. However, he doesn’t want to seem like some kind of male gold digger who takes advantage of his girlfriend’s family funds, not to mention the fact that he’s rather socially awkard as a result of bullying - which occured in his middle school years for his ginger hair , glasses and lanky figure. He has since began to wear contacts and gained muscle as a result of casually playing lacrosse and going to the gym in high school. He has always watched out for the safety of his gym bros and teammates due to how his bio dad’s story turned out. He also developed a rather witty nature with a good sense of humour and throughout university years, where he gained new friends and stopped paying attention to what people thought about him. As such, his middle school bullies’ theories about no girl wanting him turned out to be false - he actually dated 2 other girls within the first year of university before he met his current, stable girlfriend. He doesn’t know it yet, but she is going to announce to him next week that she’s pregnant, after she comes back from visiting her family in Wisconsin. For some reason, she feels it in her heart that it will be a son, even if she’s no more than 7 weeks along according to her gynecologist.
kimberly mary edwards (23) was a girl cormac dated during his first year of uni. She loves to go to the gym and she has a lot of commitments like church, dance, choir and her job so often she did not have time for cormac, or had to rearrange dates so in the end they just ended up becoming friends after cormac opened up that he had met someone who he liked. luckily for kimberly, she had a boy who was in her choir, her church and worked with her at a fast food place, so they began dating and this year kimberly got engaged to him.
[name_m]Brandon[/name_m] [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u] [name_m]Wright[/name_m] (23) is Kimberly’s fiancee. [name_m]Brandon[/name_m] spends a lot of his time at their church and working in the fast-food place with [name_u]Kimberly[/name_u].
[name_m]Brandon[/name_m] has two passions. Photography and travelling. He has a travel blog where he posts pictures of him and friends (or sometimes Kimberly) when they are out discovering the world. His all-time goal is to have been in every single country of the world.
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m] [name_u]Jean[/name_u] [name_m]Alexandre[/name_m] (27) is one of Brandon’s friends. He was born in Senegal 
and has been to many of the French-speaking African countries such as Gabon, Guinea, and Côte d’Ivoire. He speaks French, English, and Wolof, the last being a language native to a group of many Senegalese, Gambian, and Mauritanian people. He hates it when people mistake him for French or believe all African countries are the same and became friends with [name_m]Brandon[/name_m] because he knew [name_m]Brandon[/name_m] is very open to other countries’ culture and wouldn’t be naive. [name_m]Maxim[/name_m] and [name_m]Brandon[/name_m] have many mutual friends. [name_m]Maxim[/name_m] goes back to Senegal every winter to spend time with his family. He loves the travel blog his friend writes about and like [name_m]Brandon[/name_m], he is also engaged but his fiancee is not Senegalese and they are considering having it in his fiancee’s hometown. He and his fiancee do not have kids, but want kids after marriage.
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f]Tess[/name_f] [name_m]Martin[/name_m] (26) is Maxim’s fiancé. She is half french, half english but has lived in america with her parents since she was 14. So sometimes [name_f]Helena[/name_f] and [name_m]Maxim[/name_m] communicate in french around the house and would like it if their children learned [name_u]French[/name_u]. She knows [name_m]Maxim[/name_m] wants kids, and has yet to suprise him with the news that she is a few weeks pregnant. Her hometown is a tiny village called Peillon in southeastern france. She grew up with just her and her younger brother and her 2 cousins who lived with them when Helena’s aunt died when [name_f]Helena[/name_f] turned 4.
Sara Vivienne Martin (1,5 years old) is Helena 's niece from her younger brother’s side.
She lives in America with her parents and her mom is fully American, although you can often spot her babbling in French due to her dad’s influence.
Sara has a simple yet international name that works in both languages and a French middle, so grandparents from both sides have no problem remembering her name.
Helena is her favourite aunt and she always has a smile on her face when being babysat by her and Maxim. Helena often sings her songs in French and loves reading to her , also trying to convince her brother to go with Sara to their childhood hometown - Peillon , so that Sara could see farm animals and pet them, as well as reconnect with her heritage. Even though Sara 's father and his girlfriend became parents when they were only 23 , Sara is a daddy’s girl and he loves her daughter more than anyone. He is excited to become an uncle now that his sister is pregnant and was very happy when Helena told him that taking care of Sara makes her more confident in her journey to become a mother.
[name_u]Beau[/name_u] [name_u]Charles[/name_u] [name_m]Martin[/name_m] (24) is Helena’s brother and Sara’s father. He lives with his girlfriend, Anna-Louise, and [name_f]Sara[/name_f]. He stopped talking in [name_u]French[/name_u] when he started dating [name_f]Anna[/name_f], except for when he was angry, but he started again when [name_f]Sara[/name_f] was born, because his girlfriend liked the idea of their daughter growing up bilingual.
[name_u]Beau[/name_u] is currently working for a degree in architecture, but is considering dropping out. He knows how much work [name_f]Sara[/name_f] is for [name_f]Anna[/name_f], and he doesn’t want [name_f]Anna[/name_f] to see their daughter as a burden. However, any time he brings up the idea to his girlfriend, she quickly dismisses it.
On the bright side, [name_u]Beau[/name_u] is very excited about the news that [name_f]Helena[/name_f] is pregnant. She was always the wise one, waiting until a little later in life to have kids! Not that he regrets it – he loves [name_f]Sara[/name_f] more than anything.
Anna-Louise “Anna” [name_f]Ginger[/name_f] [name_m]Dayton[/name_m] (24) is Beau’s live-in girlfriend. She is Sara’s mother. Other than her side-hustle in photography, [name_f]Sara[/name_f] is her main job. She enjoys motherhood and excited for [name_f]Helena[/name_f], being a good friend of hers and she knew [name_f]Helena[/name_f] was pregnant according to her pradar, a word she made up meaning “pregnancy radar” which is a radar when she believes someone is pregnant, which is also what led her to believe her older sister was pregnant. She knows [name_f]Helena[/name_f] is keeping this a secret from [name_m]Maxim[/name_m] and agrees to keep it secret, knowing [name_m]Maxim[/name_m] would be so happy to get to be the father he wants to be. [name_f]Anna[/name_f] sometimes wishes she had more time to do her hobbies but loves [name_f]Sara[/name_f] and is proud to be her mother and Beau’s girlfriend. Anna’s older sister has a French-speaking friend who babysits [name_f]Sara[/name_f] when the couple is away.
Amelia-Mary ‘Mia’ [name_u]Indigo[/name_u] [name_u]Dayton[/name_u] (34) is Anna’s elder sister, being the eldest of 5, but is definitely closest with [name_f]Anna[/name_f]. She is only very recently pregnant, but she knows from her 2 previous pregnancies that her bump tends to grow quickly, along with a shedload of cravings. Her two daughters are [name_f]Viola[/name_f] (9) and [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] (7) but she knows she wants to have a big family with her genderfluid partner. [name_f]Amy[/name_f] is very quirky and unique in her fashion sense and her personality. The midwife she has had for her other babies is also a very close friend of hers, which made the pregnancy easier and more enjoyable.
[name_f]Clémence[/name_f] " [name_u]Clem[/name_u] " [name_f]Salomé[/name_f] Géroux (31) is a midwife and [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] - [name_f]Mary[/name_f] 's French-speaking friend who sometimes babisits [name_f]Sara[/name_f]. In her work, she seeks to provide the best prenatal and postnatal care to her patients that she possibly can , never really going beyond a strictly professional setting with any patient except [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] - [name_f]Mary[/name_f] , whose interest in fashion and quirky personality brought the women closer together. She is happy that [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] - [name_f]Mary[/name_f] 's daughters , [name_f]Viola[/name_f] & [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] , are both healthy and thriving and having a part in helping them welcome the world , while also seeing how they’ve grown , is something truly special to her. Now , while ordering a bloodtest for [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] - [name_f]Mary[/name_f] , she asked her if she would like to find out the chromosomes of the baby while testing and the expectant mother said yes, which helped her discover that she’s going to have her first son!
[name_u]Clem[/name_u] has no life partner yet , not being able to form relationships in her teen years due to studying hard. The relationships she had through college and nursing school also failed , because she was too busy with her part-time job and maintainging good grades to keep her academic scholarship. Her parents really loved one of those boyfriends - a French-Canadian man named [name_u]Jean[/name_u] - [name_m]Baptiste[/name_m] . They often joke about how she’s going to become single forever and end up alone with two cats - which can’t be true, because she hates cats and has a Shiba Inu named [name_f]Bijou[/name_f] instaed. She knows that her parents’ jokes are all in good fun , but she wishes they realised how much they truly hurt her emotionally. Because of not trusting them to take her concerns seriously , [name_u]Clem[/name_u] talks to [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] - [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] - [name_u]Louise[/name_u] more than she talks to her family.
When not working with patients, she likes to go jogging , take [name_f]Bijou[/name_f] for walks , train agility with her and be active overall. She also volunteers at a soup kitchen , because her family was poor back when [name_u]Clem[/name_u] was very little. Although her family has risen out of poverty and [name_u]Clem[/name_u] found a better life in [name_u]America[/name_u], she promised herself that she will never forget where she came from , refusing to turn a blind eye to another human being’s suffering.
Alexa-Nora “Alora” [name_u]Cass[/name_u] [name_u]Dayton[/name_u] (29) is one of the [name_u]Dayton[/name_u] sisters. She is also best friends with [name_u]Clem[/name_u], to the point that [name_f]Mia[/name_f] feels that [name_f]Alora[/name_f] is spending more time with [name_u]Clem[/name_u] than her sisters, which somewhat bothers her. [name_f]Mia[/name_f] used to wonder if [name_f]Alora[/name_f] is smitten by [name_u]Clem[/name_u], but that changed when [name_f]Alora[/name_f] went out with 30-year-old amputee track runner [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] [name_f]Titania[/name_f] [name_m]Hayes[/name_m]. The couple is newly dating so they are not as fast-paced as the other couples and instead just have fun and enjoy themselves on dates. Clem’s family sometimes mocks her for being a “late bloomer” on the dating scene and mess with her by asking when they’re “going to do more serious stuff because they’re 29 and 30, not youngsters at a school dance” despite their relationship being true and they really do care about each other. [name_f]Alora[/name_f] doesn’t get along with Clem’s family but is great friends with [name_u]Clem[/name_u] and relates to her even if [name_f]Alora[/name_f] is in a relationship.
Emilia is a crossover character from anon9857245’s game You choose the names for this street! created by me and named by @lemon_swirlxx
[name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m] " [name_m]Manny[/name_m] " Ganiru Igwe-Dayton is [name_f]Alora[/name_f] 's nephew , brother to [name_f]Violetta[/name_f]
" [name_f]Viola[/name_f] " (9) and [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] " [name_u]Kitty[/name_u] ". (7).
[name_m]Manny[/name_m] is the youngest son of [name_f]Alora[/name_f] 's oldest sister , [name_f]Mia[/name_f] and he was born with celebral palsy which may cause problems for him in the future when it comes to learning how to walk and do things manually. [name_m]Even[/name_m] though [name_f]Mia[/name_f] and her genderfluid partner were initially devasted by their son’s health problem and a rough time he had in the NICU , the enormous support [name_f]Mia[/name_f] recieved from her siblings certainly helped.
[name_m]Manny[/name_m] is already scheduled to attend his first physical therapy session the moment he turns 6 months old and the majority of recommendations when it comes to physical therapy, neurologists etc. came from [name_f]Alora[/name_f] 's partner , [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] , whose family also had to seek professionals when she lost her leg.
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f] tries to get the point across to [name_f]Mia[/name_f] and her partner that disabled children may have special needs which must be fulfilled , but they can still live happy and fulfilling lives when surrounded by proper care and most importantly - love.
Sophia-Isabella ‘Sissy’ [name_u]Liberty[/name_u] [name_u]Dayton[/name_u] (20) is the youngest of the five [name_u]Dayton[/name_u] sisters [name_f]Alora[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f] and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] and the other (unamed) sister. She is in college and studying geography, and she specializes in human geography. She is not up for a relationship since escaping an abusive relationship with her ex-assistant teacher who is now in jail for harassment and blackmail of a ton of other girls plus herself, who [name_f]Sissy[/name_f] has actually got in touch with so they could talk about their trauma together and get past it.
[name_m]Pierre[/name_m] [name_m]Maarten[/name_m] [name_m]Hendricks[/name_m] (23) is the youngest sibling of Sissy’s abusive ex-assistant teacher and a former boyfriend of [name_f]Anna[/name_f]. He is an employee at the city’s sandwich shop, 8th Street Subs. and [name_u]Beau[/name_u] are good friends as well and both speak French but [name_m]Pierre[/name_m] is Belgian, not French and also knows German and Dutch. His relationship with the [name_u]Dayton[/name_u] family is mostly smooth and while he and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] are technically exes, they only dated for less than a year before college and are better off as friends. He was the one who convinced [name_f]Sissy[/name_f] that his brother is a criminal and helped her leave him and has tried to get as many other girls he found away from his estranged brother. His last name at birth isn’t really [name_m]Hendricks[/name_m] and actually changed it to disassociate from his brother when he found out about what his brother did. He is not looking for a relationship or to lose his virginity and isn’t that popular outside his neighbourhood and 8th Street, but likes strolling and helping the small businesses on 8th Street, as they are on a small but happening street in the city.