June 24th 2069

They say that all families have to begin somewhere — and this one begins with a handsome cinnamon haired man called Matias who one day early in the October of 1994, married a blonde beauty by the name of Ingeborg and the two were happily married until May 13th 2056 when she unfortunately passed away.

Their union produced two sons, while the two both fell for American women, it was the youngest of the two, Lars Edvard — most often referred to as Eddie — that married almost a year before his elder brother Joey had.

Being the first married also inevitably led to Eddie and his wife Grace bestowing upon the couple their first grandchild — a daughter named Marlèna Ingrid, who had been the fated partner of Henrik Solberg; the oldest son of one of his dearest friends Ray, since before the two were teenagers, they'd married a week before her 24th birthday and had a grand total of eight children - all sets of multiples… Erik and Ingrid, the oldest were twins who were almost 18, Erik had short, curly blackish-brown hair and their Pappa's honey brown eyes whilst his sister Ingrid was an exact copy of their darling Mamma in almost every respect, excepting her striking olive green eyes, which her Mamma had repeatedly stated were a tone expressed if one had blended the hues of the eyes of both her grandparents.

Erik had a romance with Klara Andreasson, granddaughter of the vocalist of legendary local band Insane Criminal, though he kept it well hidden from his family,; or so he thought, because his mamma was already suspicious with the amount of time they spent together.

Ingrid had from a tender age demonstrated that she was gifted vocally, possessing a natural and perfectly tuned mezzo-soprano range, well on her way to attaining coloratura status. Although many a local boy had expressed romantic interest in her, Ingrid's heart already belonged to Vince Larsson, whom she spent the summers she wasn't visiting her extended family in the US and seeing the majority of their cousins; while their families were vacationing in their beach houses down by Kräskimsbadet.

Their middle children were quadruplets who were almost 13…. First was Oskar, the image of his Pappa, (and his paternal great grandmother's pet) and worshiped the earth his Pappa and big brother walked upon. After him was the favorite of the entire maternal side of his family - Matias Einar Solberg (named first to honor his maternal great grandfather who he was a perfect reincarnation of, who had resided with his eldest and favourite grandchild since shortly after his wife's death, who was always thankful that one of his descendants had purchased he and his wife's home in a quiet neighbourhood on the outskirts of Ärnköping's business and central district, because it had given him the opportunity to spread his wife's ashes upon the gardens of the house they'd bought and lived in together, and was a lohis Mamma's unofficial triplet brother as well as his Pappa's cousin; who tragically frozen to death in a harsh blizzard in New York City some two and a half years prior to he and his siblings' birth) the other two were Freddie (who was intent on being the heartbreaker of their family) and Liv (who acted in a similar manner to what her Mamma assumed her dearly departed FarMor would've done at that age), Liv was actually a talented brutal vocalist (which was at odds with her overall demeanour) and was already crazy for Vince's brother Messiah, who for all his edgy moodiness, sardonic, sharp wit and overall unpredictable nature, was just as interested in her as she was in him.

The youngest two were born 9 days before their Mamma's 34th birthday and looked just like their Pappa's cousins had at their age (Ally was a dead ringer for Einar, with her caramel blonde angel curls and clear violet eyes; was hyper-intelligent for her nearly 8 years of age and was the favorite of both her parents, not to mention her paternal great uncle & Aunt and GudMor Ilse because of the resemblance) , her brother Löki had clear brown eyes and the same hair color as his sister's and was a little monkey and daredevil who of caused his parents anxiety by climbing particularly high up on things and off jumping stairs and furniture.

Joey had married Crista a little over a month and a half before the birth of his brorsdotter Marléna, and six days before his own thirty-third birthday, his first child was born — also a daughter — Linnéa Elisabeth, she would eventually marry the bassist of Eliza Borman, Jeremy DeMartini (their relationship, of course, being perpetuated by Marléna's adept ability of matching her relations) they had two sons, Stevie and Walt.

Next to be born was Eddie and Grace's son Karl, who helped run his wife's family's dance studio. He'd married Marisol Reyes and had a quartet of children: A son named Lionel, but was Leo to all and sundry and three much younger daughters, twins Jenny-Lyn & Rosie and some four and a half years after them, Nora.

Next was the older son of Joey and Crista, Anders, who whilst in the process of attending Baronstown University in New Jersey from which he was a top graduate of the Law School — met and fell for the younger cousin of Astrid's husband, Linka. He had swiftly risen through the ranks of the local police force and now at the age of 39, was the Deputy Sheriff, whilst his wife ran one of the most successful cafés in the town. They unfortunately suffered a loss just over a year into their marriage with the stillbirth of their oldest son Cassander, they eventually had a daughter named Kallie and their youngest son Andreas, who they called Rico.

Next was the younger daughter of Eddie and Grace - Astrid, who married to Robbin Loud-Sharp, the former co-lead guitarist of Eliza Borman, the couple live with Eddie and Grace, in a small cottage on their property. Their children are Ragnar, who is 15 and a half years older than, and is very close to and protective over his younger sister the 13 year old Isolde, who is Izzy to all and sundry (as well as the especial pet of her maternal great grandparents; Daniel and Katheryn, since she was born on their 56th wedding anniversary). Surprisingly enough, Astrid found out she was expecting around Thanksgiving 2061, and one sunny day in the middle of the July of 2062, gave birth to their youngest son Calle-Gustave came into the world, and was especially close with Izzy, who was always on hand to babysit her little brother because their elder brother had recently started hanging out with girls.

Next was the indisputed favorite grandchild of Ingeborg — Antonio, who preferred the diminutive form of his name and took over the Royal Woods arm of Lannerbäck guitars from his father — which he ran with assistance from his older sister's nephew Ragnar. Tony himself, married Estelle Spokes, and has two young kids with her, Ralph and Jessy.y

The next three children were all born within a son;A three month period between late August to mid November 2034. Firstly there were the twins of Joey and Crista; Stellan Leif was older than his sister by seven minutes and was still given to playing practical jokes on the whole extended family. He resided in a peaceful suburb in Maranto, Canada, where he and his and his wife Layne (nèe Rhoads) and their nine year old daughter Layla, who was as given to trickery and practical jokes as her Dad and and Dad's cousin Gus had once been. Then was Inga, who married an architect who was currently employed along with Marléna and her friend Reinholt Larsson at Johansson Konstruktion and Design's Brynholm office, William. The couple lived a couple of streets from Marléna and Henrik and had three children, 12 year old Jägare, 8 and a half year old Willa, and 6 year old Lukas. Gustave, or Gus rather, had shed his mischievous ways and became the current Chief officer of innovation in the CIA, and lived in an imposing manor-style house in Langley, Virginia with his wife (who coincidentally was the triplet sister of Stellan's wife) Lotus Rhoads, with w. Their eldest Lemmy (who'd been born while his dad had been away on an important overseas mission and had his mother's last name) was 9 and just as mischievous as his father once had been. The 6 year old Fabio had been born in Italy when his parents had been on a winter vacation there, and was already learning that country's language and culture. 4 and a half year Petey was a sweet, cuddly and adventurous little boy… lastly was their toddler daughter Kary was an absolute sweetheart and angel.

The youngest of the connection, Gunnar was a reserved, kind, sensible, loyal, good-natured and prematurely intelligent fellow who was a docTor and work at the big clinic in the centre of Ärnköping's business district, wherein he had been trained by Dr. Larsson who incidentally the family doctor of his oldest cousin who lived just a few doors up from as he'd inherited the house of his great uncle Erik. He saw his sister's 3 children and Marléna'S eight children on a frequent basis.