35 years old, DOB: 13/09/1988
Roo's eldest sister. Better known as Jordy or Jory
Jordynn and Harvey [Roo] are the only two kids born under Reese and Virginia
"She's kind-hearted, and Jory's always had maternal instincts, she cares about every like they're her kid. My mother often loathed her, Jory managed to stay positive even after my father died, and mom wanted nothing to do with us, so at 7 years old, she [Jory] took care of me."
- Roo
Jordynn has a reputation for being remarkably kind, nothing can shatter her kindness, she's like a brick wall, that can only spout words of affirmations, however, she has moments where she isn't kind, and that's only in times where someone needs to be disciplined or put into their place, typical Mom behavior.
She's been married to a man named Sean Lloyd (37) for 6 years, having been with him for a total of 15 years, from Highschool sweethearts, to Lifelong lovers, bound together til they lay to rest. Jordynn's also got two kids, her oldest child, Evan Kian Lloyd (5) and her youngest child, Josey Mia Lloyd (1), She loves Evan and Josey to bits and would do just about anything for her kids. Keeping them well-disciplined, she hopes that her children can grow up just as well and happy as she did, and she'll definitely be the Mother asking her kids "when are you going to have grandkids!"
15 years old, DOB: 14/2/2009
Roo's younger sister, also goes by Delilah, Deliahn and Deli.
Born under Virginia and Noah Blom.
"I miss Deli everyday, I can't see her much because she lives in Sweden and I live in the US, but after I began recovery [at 21], I got a phone-call from my Mom, she was completely disheartened, Noah had left her, it was even more surprising when she told me he had left her so long ago [7 years ago], and Noah had been required by law to take Deli and Devan into his custody due to her [Virginia] conditions, she asked me to come back to Sweden to visit her, on behalf of her [Virginia], I agreed. I came to find out Deli had been bullied for being herself, she was only 7 years old, so I did what any older brother would do and stood up for her, she never left my side since. I'll never forget the pleading in her face as I began boarding my flight back to the US."
- Roo
[Rest under the cut cuz its long :)]
She's the weird kid, with her silly outfits, her "out-of-place" personality and obsession with the outdoors, she wants to explore the world, she wants to see the coldest 'bergs in the Arctic, and the hottest dunes of the Deserts around the world, but this adventurous and carefree child was almost reaped of her joy, with no mother present, a father too busy arguing with his son and nobody to fend for her, she was vulnerable to bullying. Upon starting Year 1 (Lågstadiet / The equiv to first grade in the US), kids caught onto her strange behavior, while her school encouraged no bullying, it didn't stop the kids from isolating her away from the others, she adopted this behavior, becoming introverted, and when visiting her mother and telling her about school, Virginia felt uneasy, at which point she called Roo and asked for his help.
The bullying stopped, kids may not have warmed up to her quite yet, and she still had a rather introverted personality, she was... Happier, because of Roo, she went with him everywhere, she did everything with him, she didn't really realize he didn't just live in Sweden, nor could he afford to do so. When the time came for Roo to depart back to America, time stopped, Deli's savior, her brother, the only person who cared, was leaving her, she pleaded, she begged, she even suggested hiding her away in his luggage, anything to be with someone who loved her, but he didn't budge, he couldn't budge, and that didn't click with her, he was supposed to stay forever and save her. Noah practically ripped her off of Roo, she said her broken goodbyes, and Roo expressed how much he cared for her, and how much he hoped she would continue to be herself, if not for herself, then for him, and she promised him, pinky promise.
Deli continues to be weird and be outlandish compared to the other kids, but it was charming, and she has a little trio of her own that all aspire to travel the world together, while she didn't initially recover from Roo's departure, she promises him everyday in spirit to be herself, she's almost 16 (as of writing this, and will be 16 in a couple days :)) and is swiftly on her way to Year 10 (equiv = 11th grade), she does periodically experience depression and bouts of loneliness, as a trauma response to her childhood and lack of parental guidance and parental figures. She isn't sure what is wrong with her, and she doesn't really recognize it as "wrong," and rather normal. Not only that, but she's also currently interested in a fellow student...
18 years old, DOB: 24/4/2005
Roo's youngest brother.
Born under Virginia and a Swedish man she hooked up with, named Noah Blom
"Sometimes I have a hard time understanding him, he only really speaks Swedish, which he learned from Noah, Mom wasn't around a lot to teach him proper English, and Noah didn't know enough English to teach him, so me and Jory have to teach him, he's passionate about language, but I only ever see him once a year, Jory's busy with Josey and Evan, so Devan is left speaking broken english, we make do however, I've picked up a lot of Swedish from him, as has Jory, so we don't have to translate back and forth as much as we used to."
- Roo
Devan has always been regarded as the "pretty boy" at his school, he never really pays any mind, he doesn't like to egg on this persona that everyone puts onto him [being the pretty boy], and he's had to reject girl after girl for dozens of weeks, he knows their intentions, and he'd rather not get involved in some of their lives.
He wishes other students wouldn't pay him as much mind as they do, he just wants to learn linguistics, and pursue a higher education, but it's practically impossible while every students tries to talk to him, resorting to literally pleading for them to stop, but they don't listen, he's like a lamp to moths.
Devan has asked his father time and time again to put him into homeschooling, for his own benefit, but Noah didn't want to have to teach him, and couldn't afford a tutor, Virginia wasn't in the mindset to even care for him, and no matter how many times Devan promised Noah that he could teach himself, He never budged, and always said No.
Now that I've posted pretty much the entire family, here's the family tree :)
I still have some characters to make, notably:
Sean, Evan and Josey
I'm thinking of doing Mateo and Noah, but I'm not sure... 🤔
Clarifications that weren't obvious (or were) that I wanted to make clear under the cut, as well as mentions of death, custody court cases, and just bad parenting. Also it gets long
And if you've looked at the tags in my pinned post, you'll notice a few new names not listed in the family tree or that haven't been mentioned in Roo's story, so to clarify:
The Roo-seum's intent was to show off his story, while I could've (and should've) included stories like him going to Sweden for Deli, I didn't... and that's a me thing because I actually hadn't developed that much of the story at that point, but I still don't think I would've included it in the Roo-seum, because it's about him, and his story, and also he didn't even know his siblings that well, sure, I could've included Jordy in his story, but I didn't, womp womp.
Some other things to clarify, language and origins:
Virginia is Swedish, but lived in the US with her parents, so she does not know Swedish that well.
Reese is not fully Swedish, but has Swedish blood, his blood has traces of DNA from all over the Scandinavia area, and Swedish is the highest presenting.
Roo and Jordy are Swedish, Jordy, for whatever reason, does not look like her parents at all, and they still aren't sure why, a DNA test proved she was Swedish, and was their child.
Devan and Deli are Swedish, Devan speaks primarily Swedish, and speaks broken English, relying on (previously) Roo and (now) Jordy, however he is very passionate about linguistics (as mentioned in his post), so he wants to learn about languages, learn new languages and become fluent in English. Deli is fluent in both Swedish and English, Roo taught her most of her English and Virginia taught her some English when she visited, and Deli was able to fill in the dots for English herself.
Juno is a Swede-Spaniard, she's fluent in Spanish and English, although her Spanish speaking skills are slowly becoming more and more rusty as Mateo progressively speaks more English to her.
Age, death and relationships:
Virginia and Reese met in High School, and were inseparable since than, eventually beginning to date when she was 18, and he was 20, and Virginia ended up pregnant with Jordy after one special night
Virginia had Jordy when she was 20, and Reese was 24
Reese died August 5th, 1995 at the age of 31, a couple months before Roo was born, Jordy was almost 7 years old at the time, and Virginia was 29 years old
Reese's cause of death is unknown (aka undetermined, haven't chosen what it should be yet)
After Reese died, Virginia spiraled and began having hookups with guys, one of which was Noah Blom, who, after finding out she was pregnant, decided to stay by her side to care for the child, although regardless, Virginia was determined unable to care for the child, and Noah was to take care of Devan, Virginia co-parented on the sidelines and Noah and her continued to date. After one night, however, she completely vanished, leaving Noah, she didn't tell him anything other then that she was off for work. 9 months later, on Feb 16, 2009, she returned to Sweden, to Noah, to hand over her second child of his, Deliahna, to which he was disgusted and perturbed, he couldn't believe she held back such a lie from him, breaking up with her right then and there, however he was still required to take care of Deli, with Virginia co-parenting, and so he did (a terrible job at taking care of my baby Deli).
Virginia moved to Spain after a while, to pursue something new and get away from Sweden, which reminded her so much of Reese and what she thought was the cause for her irregular pattern of depression, having another hookup with a man, named Mateo García, they separated shortly after, but it didn't take long for her to come back to him with a pregnancy test that said positive, and where he was elated, she was heartbroken, another child of hers, cursed to a life of no mother, she just wanted one child she could care for, so when it came around for the custody court case, she tried to prove that she was capable of caring for a child, but she was still not allowed to keep custody over Juno, and Mateo gladly took over parenting for Virginia while she recovered, with occasional visits to/for Juno, Mateo and Virginia didn't pursue anything, they felt no attraction to each other, but were glad to co-parent (even though internally Virginia was furious, wishing she could just be the main parent).
If I can think of anymore things that need to be clarified, I will add them later :).
