The year is 2008.
in the past 15 years, after Jesse retired and sold his business, him and Florence committed to the New York tradition of moving to Florida when they get old. Jesse was excited to return to the South after 58 years of being a yankee. They sold their loft on the UES, and bought a nice house in Boca Raton.
Rooster and Teresa briefly seperated without divorcing after he suspected her of being unfaithful, but got back together. They moved into a smaller house in north Queens, after partially emptying their nest.
Jacqueline found her life-partner boyfriend, a Chinese Jamaican migrant, working as a home electrician. She herself picked up the trade of the English teacher. They had a son, and have settled down in Boston together.
Adam, Jacqueline's brother, became a commercial fisherman at the advice of uncle Clinton, and got married at the ripe old age of 24 to his girlfriend, a Quebecois IT programmer he met at the port of Quebec City. She became a US citizen through marriage, and the couple settled down in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Leonora is still living with her parents in Queens, studying gastronomy at the Institute of Culinary Education. She met her current boyfriend, an aspiring architect, at her aunt's job at the diamond district.
Daphne retired from the navy, becoming a security manager at the Newark neighbor after 9/11. her sons, Lucien and Wallace, both went to the west coast. Lucien runs "Café Perez" in San Francisco, where he met his current girlfriend.
Wallace, on the other hand, is working as a camera man at a Hollywood film studio. He met his girlfriend, a police officer, at a local park while they were both walking their dogs.
Sylvia went her father's route, enlisting in the navy and working at the Portsmouth naval shipyard, not far from her cousin Adam. She met her boyfriend, a native of Portsmouth, online.
Paul and Lydia had another daughter, after Paul got promoted by the municipal government and his paycheck allowed them to expand the family.
Down in Georgia, Emil and Sophie moved into the quiet town of Bronwood. Augustus decided to stay in Atlanta, studying marketing in college. He met his sweetheart at an OutKast concert a few years ago.
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Jacqueline's DBF's first name is an old timey english name, that would be outdated in the US, but not ancient. His middle name is a common biblical name. his surname is a common chinese surname
Jacqueline's DS's first name is after his father's favorite cricket player (
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jamaican_cricketers)
his middle name is after a bank president
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_bank_presidentsthe son's surname is hyphenated.
Adam's wife's first name is top 25 in canada 1983
https://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/canada/1983#girls-tableher middle name is 75-125 here (
https://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/france/1950#girls-table)
her surname is a french surname from this list
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lawyers_from_Montreal
Leonora's boyfriend is greek-american. his first and middle names come from here
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:19th-century_prime_ministers_of_Greece but he uses an english nickname.
his surname is from here
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Architects_from_Athens----
Lucien's DGF is japanese-American. her first name is after a 1980s american actress. her middle name is a japanese name that would still be familiar to western ears. her surname is japanese.
Wallace's girlfriend is of Mexican origin. first and middle names are common spanish names she has 2 spanish surnames.
Sylvia's boyfriend is Ethiopian-American. his first, middle and last names are Amharic masculine names.
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Paul and Lydia's daughter shares her first name with a soul singer. her middle name is after a british queen.
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Augustus' girlfriend hails from New Zealand. her first name is 50-100 here
https://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/new-zealand/1984#girls-table and her middle name is off this list.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:19th-century_New_Zealand_businesswomenher last name is a common english surname.
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DH[77]: Jesse Cuthbert Boone (skinnyminnie)
DW[81]: Florence Hildegarde Phoebe Cuypers-Boone (Wordsmith)
Female Cat[14](dec.): Luz (Wraith)
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DS1[52]: Carl Marcellus "Rooster" Boone III (cher529s & Story)
DW[56]: Teresa Marilyn Capello (jessica_p)
DD1[28]: Jacqueline Audrey Boone (Wordsmith)
DBF[32]: ?
DS[2]: ?
DS[26]: Adam Joseph Boone (Guest)
DW[25]: ?
DD2[22]: Leonora Mary Boone (jessica_p)
DBF[20]: ?
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DD1[49]: Daphne Juliana Boone (Cinnabar)
DH[53]: Clinton Gabriel Perez (Wordsmith)
DS1[27]: Edmund Lucien Perez (ari.)
DGF[25]: ?
DS2[25]: Wallace Franklin Perez (Wordsmith)
DGF[28]: ?
DD[23]: Sylvia Isabel Perez (ishild)
DBF[23]: ?
DS3[22]: Alonzo Harrison Perez (AhaRememo)
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DD2[47]: Lydia Helen Boone (Cinnabar)
DH[49]: Paul Isaiah Driftwood (jessica_p)
DS[17]: William Julius Driftwood (ari.)
DD1[17]: Eleanor Elizabeth Driftwood (cher529s)
DD2[12]: ?
Male Dog[7](dec.): Yoda (Rowena)
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DS2[44]: Emil Matthias James Boone (lanaaaaa_d)
DW[44]: Sophie Alexina Byrne (Guest)
DS1[22]: Augustus Martin Boone (Wordsmith)
-DGF[24]: ?
DD1[19]: Sara Evangeline Boone (AhaRememo)
DD2[17]: Nadia Josephine Boone (Jessica_p)
DS2[15]: Pascal Erasmus Boone (Wordsmith)
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