It had been nearly twenty years since the Great War. The Blythes and Merediths were happily related in several ways.
After the war and finishing medical school, Jem Blythe had married Faith Meredith. They had twin sons, Gilbert and John. They didn't look like twins. Gilbert had his father's ruddy curls and John had sleek, black hair. They also had a daughter, Meradith who also had red hair, which she kept rather short. She looked almost exactly like her Grandmother Blythe. The boys were nearly sixteen and were tall for their age. Meredith, on the other hand was petite. Meradith was fourteen, but was constantly mistaken for twelve and sometimes even ten. She didn't like that, and always loved to correct people about her age.
Jerry Meredith and Nan Blythe had also gotten married and the two of them lived in Lowbridge where Jerry was the Prespatirian minister. They had triplets, Walter, Joy Anne, and Cecilia. Walter looked exactly like his namesake. He had black hair. Joy Anne had inherited her maternal grandmother's gray-green eyes, while having her mother's brown hair. Cecilia on the other hand he vivid blue eyes with brown hair as well. The girls both had torso length hair, they loved it long. They had just had their seventeenth birthday and were already counting down the days until they turned eighteen.
Di Blythe had married Jack Wright. They had one son, Fredrick, but they always called him Dick because there already were two Freds in the Wright family, and that was confusing enough. Dick was getting very close to his eighteenth birthday, and was very excited. He couldn't wait until he became an adult. There were two little girls as well. Rachael was eight and Anne was five. There had been another boy between Dick and the girls, but he had been born too early and had not been able to survive. Dick had black hair and was quite tall for his age while his sisters both had their mother's hair. Rachael had her grandmother's eyes as well. Her grandfather said she looked like her grandmother as a child.
Shirley Blythe had ended marring Una Meredith. She still loved Walter, but knew that he wasn't coming back. She had learned to love Shirley, not in the same way, but still enough to accept his proposal. The two of them had three children. Bertha was the oldest and she was fifteen. She had straight, dark brown hair and piercing blue eyes. James was next at thirteen and Matthew was the youngest. He was twelve. James had reddish hair and Matthew's hair was brown.
Rilla Blythe had married her Kenneth Ford and they had one son, Kenneth who in order to avoid confusion went by Kenny. Kenny was seventeen and had curly brown hair. They also had adopted a home child, Mary, who was ten. They had adopted her when she was five, and people who didn't know them often thought that Mary was Rilla's daughter. She suspected this was because both of them had red hair.
Carl Meredith had married Persis Ford and they had one son, Owen age sixteen, and one daughter Rose age twelve. Owen had blond hair and was on the taller side. His younger sister, Rose, brown hair with a bit of a wave.
Mary Vance and Miller Douglas had one son Luke and twin daughters, Cornelia and Leslie. Luke was nineteen with straight black hair, and very proud of being the oldest of the next generation of Rainbow Valley and the twins had just had their fifteenth birthday. The twins actually looked alike, which was surprising for the Blythe family. They had straight, dark, brown hair and dark blue eyes.
Gilbert and Anne were very proud of their seven grandsons and seven granddaughters. They also considered Carl's children and Mary's children to be among their grandchildren, so they technically had nineteen grandchildren. Life was always a bit noisy at Ingleside, but it also was great fun. Anne was thankful that all of the children lived close by. The furthest was Nan, she just lived in Lowbridge, and so they often got together for Sunday dinner.