It is 1960 and you have just gotten married! It has taken some time for you to find ”the one” and you are both 30 when you get married, but you are so in love. You are the perfect couple: you”re both well-liked, beautiful people with popular 1930”s names.
Your full name:
Husband”s full name:
You realize that the spare bedroom in your new house will be perfect for a nursery and can”t wait to fill it! You start trying for a baby right away and it happens very quickly. In 1961, you deliver a bouncing baby boy! You and your husband are thrilled with the new addition. You decide to honor the baby”s grandfathers by making his first name reminiscent of your father”s name and his middle name reflective of your father-in-law”s name.
Your father”s name:
Father-in-law”s name:
[name]Baby[/name] Boy #1”s name:
You love caring for [name]Baby[/name] Boy #1, but after 2 years you begin to yearn for a daughter. Your husband also wants a little girl to dote on. In 1964 when your son is 3, you have a healthy girl. You want her to have an angelic and feminine name.
[name]Baby[/name] Girl #1”s name:
You are so happy with your family and are determined to be the perfect housewife and mother, but your husband has a secret to tell you: he has just discovered that he has a 13 year old daughter from a previous relationship. Her mother has recently died, and she has to move in with you! You are shocked by the news and are not ready for a teenager, especially with a newborn in the house. Nevertheless, you love your husband and rise to the challenge. The thirteen year old was named by a teenage mother so she has quite a trendy name from the 1950’s.
Stepdaughter”s name:
You learn to love your stepdaughter as your own and settle into life with a 13 year old, a 3 year old, and an infant. Life goes as planned for 5 years. In 1969, when your stepdaughter leaves for college and your youngest is 5, you long to have a baby in the house again. You are 38 now and are unsure if you can get pregnant, but you decide to give it a try. Miraculously, you find out that you”re pregnant with twins! 1 boy and 1 girl arrive in 1970. You”re so thrilled with having twins that you want their names to match.
Twin Boy”s name:
Twin Girl”s name:
With four biological children plus your stepdaughter, you feel complete and decide to stop having children. Though you don”t expect your family to expand anymore, your stepdaughter is beginning a family of her own. She meets and falls in love with a [name]German[/name] man who attends her college. In 1971, when she is just 20, she quickly marries him and adopts his [name]German[/name] last name.
[name]Son[/name]-in-law #1”s name:
Stepdaughter”s new name:
[name]Little[/name] do you know that the reason for their quick marriage is that your stepdaughter is pregnant! She gives birth to a beautiful baby girl and gives her a [name]German[/name] first name. Since you have been such a positive maternal influence in her life, your stepdaughter honors you with her baby”s middle name.
Granddaughter #1”s name:
In 1972, when your first granddaughter is born, your other children are 11, 8, and 2. You are keeping busy with them and don”t plan on adding to your family since you are 42. However, your husband has a friend who recently adopted a child, and you and your husband see how happy he and his wife are with their new baby. You are quite drawn to the idea of adoption. In 1974 you get approved to adopt in [name]Africa[/name], and instead of bringing home one baby you bring home triplets (2 boys, 1 girl) who have been orphaned. Although you give them popular 1970”s first names, it is important to you to honor their heritage and give them [name]African[/name] middle names.
Triplet Boy #1”s name:
Triplet Boy #2”s name:
Triplet Girl”s name:
Life is great! Time flies and you watch your first son go to college, then your first daughter go to nursing school. In 1986, when your son is 25 and traveling in Mexico, he meets a beautiful Hispanic woman who he proposes to. He brings her back to the U.S. and you have the pleasure of meeting your first daughter-in-law. You admire her ornate Hispanic name.
Daughter-in-law #1”s name:
Within two years, your first son and daughter-in-law give you your second grandchild. They have a baby boy with a common 1980”s first name and a Hispanic middle name. His last name is hyphenated so it includes both his mother”s maiden name and his father”s last name.
Grandson #1”s name:
Your first daughter is next to get married. She meets a handsome doctor at the hospital where she works as a nurse and marries him in 1988. The doctor is Irish and his name reflects that.
[name]Son[/name]-in-law #2”s name:
In 1990, your daughter gives birth to twin girls! You love little girls and are thrilled! The girls are given fully Irish names like their father”s.
Twin Granddaughter #2”s name:
Twin Granddaughter #3”s name:
Five years later your second son marries a lovely girl with a classic American name.
Daughter-in-law #2”s name:
The happy couple decides to have just one baby. It turns out to be a baby boy and your second grandson! The baby”s first name is your daughter-in-law”s favorite name. His middle name is a tribute to the baby”s grandfather (your husband.)
Grandson #2”s name:
Your second daughter seems content without any children. She decides against getting married, but she resides with her partner in Australia. Her boyfriend has a popular Australian name.
Boyfriend”s name:
At this point, all of your children are in relationships except for your precious triplets, because they are only nine years old! You cannot wait to see what the future holds for them. For now, you enjoy your role as both a mother and a grandmother to four beautiful grandchildren!