The Verde Family

Allthough Jean-Claude is the newest member of the Silver family, he is now married to the matriarch, Gertrude, so I'll talk about his family now.

The Verde family moved into town, led by their patriarch, Jacques Verde.  They came because Jacques' younger twin sister told him it was a lovely spot with friendly, tolerant people.  So, Jacques packed up his family and moved them from wherever they were (Canada or France, I'm thinking, or maybe New Orleans).  Still, the move was hard because it basically wiped out their available funds--moving six people into an unbuilt, unfurnished house isn't cheap, after all.  Despite that, they settled in and, after taking a few odd jobs just to get buy, finally settled into their chosen professions.

Jacques, who always possessed a touch of psychic ability, settled into the paranormal profession and soon rose up to the Exorcist level.  His wife, Adele, chose politics instead and is now a Senator.  She also happens to be friends with Gertrude Silver, and while she has some misgivings about her youngest son marrying a woman old enough to be his mother, she trusts Gertrude and has faith in her son's judgment.

Eldest son Francois, after a bit of floundering, settled down to business and excelled at it.  Now he's a CEO.  His wife, Antoinette, prefers working as little as possible, so she eventually settled into the science profession, and now as a Theorist only has to work 4 hours a day away from home.  They have one daughter, Cecile.  Second son Pierre, also after a bit of floundering, went into music and now works the hardest of the entire family, from 5 in the afternoon to 2 in the morning, as a Rock Star.  Fortunately, his wife Adrienne works similar hours (5 to 12) as a Fashion Columnist, so they at least leave for work together and can spend the day together free from the rest of the family, including their daughter Sabine.  Basically they see Sabine for maybe an hour in the afternoon when she comes home from school and before they leave for work.  If they're rested enough to wake up in the morning, they might get to see Sabine at breakfast.  Basically, the rest of the family raise Sabine.  Given that Pierre and Adrienne make the most, though, no one's complaining.

The Verdes, like the Silvers, are one of the larger families in Old Town in that they have a large number of blood relations spread throughout the neighborhood.  The Silvers seem to be the largest, but if you combine the Verdes with Jacques' sister--who happens to be connected with the Silvers through her daughter's marriage--the Verdes become the largest.  Of course, with Jacques' sister's granddaughter also being a Silver granddaughter, perhaps the three families are one?  That granddaughter, at least, has the largest number of blood connections to three different families.

Confusing?  You have no idea!