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For Olive's son, Nervous, please look under the Beaker Family.
* '''Nigmos''': Possibly a reference to the Spanish and Portuguese word ''negro'' meaning "black" for the Nigmos's dark complexions. Alternate definitions include dark, raven, gloomy, and pitchy.
* '''[[Ophelia Nigmos]]''' (Olive's niece): Derived from the Greek word ''ophelos'' meaning "help." Ophelia is also the doomed love interest of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
* '''[[Willow Nigmos]]''' (Ophelia's mother, Olive's sister): Refers to the willow tree or more appropriately, the weeping willow tree. This would be more fitting to the Specter family's melancholy name theme.
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* '''[[Mike Steel]]''' (Buzz's maternal grandfather): Mike is short for Michael, means "who is like god", and steel as in steel,a metal alloy of mostly iron plus carbon, harder than pure iron but malleable when hot.
* '''[[Mary Melons]]''' (Buzz's maternal grandmother): Mary means "to be bitter", while Melons as in melon, a type of fruit. Also possibly a reference to a slang term for breasts
==The [[Smith Family]]==
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* '''[[Erin Singles]]''': Derived from the Irish word "Éirinn" which is the dative case of the Irish word for Ireland.
* '''[[Lola Singles]]''': A diminutive of the Spanish name "Dolores" meaning "sorrows." It is taken from one of the title of the ''Virgin Mary: Nuestra Señora de los Dolores'' meaning ''Our Lady of Sorrows.''
* '''[[Chloe Singles]]''': Derived from the Greek word ''
* '''[[Kristen Singles]]''': Of Danish origin meaning "a Christian," from the Latin ''christiānus'' which is from the Greek ''christianos'' meaning "a Christian, a follower of Christ."
* '''Loste''': A corruption of "lost" meaning "unable to find one's way."
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* '''[[Goshem Loste]]''' (Kristen's paternal grandfather): Possibly a curruption of "Goshen" which refers to the "Land of Goshen," the place in Egypt given to the Hebrews by the pharaoh of Joseph. This name in combination with Loste sounds like "Gosh, I'm lost" which is fitting considering he was abducted by aliens.
* '''[[Vera Loste]]''' (Kristen's paternal grandmother): Of Russian or Latin origin. It coincides with the Latin ''verus'' meaning "verity." In Russian, ''vera'' means "faith." This name in combination with Loste sounds like "very lost."
* '''Simnitch''':
* '''[[Leonard Simnitch]]''' (Kristen's maternal grandfather): Derived from the Old High German name "Leonhard," from ''levon'' meaning "lion" and ''hardu'' meaning "brave" or "hardy." It may also be derived from the Latin ''leo'' meaning "lion."
* '''[[Petunia Simnitch]]''' (Kristen's maternal grandmother): Of English origin referring to the petunia flower.
==The [[Loner Family]]==
* '''Loner:'''
* '''[[Ajay Loner]]:'''
* '''[[Vikram Loner]]''' (Ajay's father)
* '''[[Madhuri Loner]]''' (Ajay's mother)
* '''[[Kavi Loner]]''' (Ajay's paternal grandfather): Kavi (from a root kū "to cry out") is a Sanskrit term for thinker, intelligent man, man of understanding or a leader.
* '''[[Jeevika Loner]]''' (Ajay's paternal grandmother): Unknown
* '''Frehndly:'''
* '''[[Bhu Frehndly]]''' (Ajay's maternal grandfather) : the act of becoming or arising, the place of being, space, world or universe or the earth.
* '''[[Milony Frehndly]]''' (Ajay's maternal grandmother) : Form of Melany/Melanie meaning Black, Could also mean Melon.
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