#Nakatsu Family

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Breaking News! TWINS!!!

Oh biscuits it's actually happening! Twins! A Twin is having twins.

Jedidiah and Katey Duggar are having twins!! And they're girls! They also have Truett and Nora

Babies are due January 2025

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Fundie and Adjacent Families I Follow: July 2024 in a Glance

Births:

Judah Love Olligies was born to Morgan (29) and Paul (34) on July 1. He joins an older brother Luca (21 months).

Kaptain Klay "Kap" Kallschmidt was born to Mckayle (23) and Max (23) on July 3. He joins an older maternal half-sister Esther (2).

Naomi Christine Keller was born to Nurie (Rodrigues) (25) and Nathan (28) on July 14. She joins older brothers Nehemiah (2) and Newman (19 months).

Caroline Marie Clark was born to Kristen (37) (Baird) and Zach (36) on June 14 (birth announced in July). She joined brothers Caleb (14) and Christian (10).

Desiree Hope Waller was born to Priscilla (38) (Keller) and David (37) on July 17. She joins 6 older siblings: Paul (11), Davia (9), Phillip (7), Destiny (5), Peter (4), and Deborah (2).

William Daniel Bates was born to Tiffany (25) (Espensen) and Lawson (32).

Weddings:

Johnny Paine married Maddie Henry on Jul 23.

Pregnancy Announcements:

Katey (26) (Nakatsu) and Jedidiah (25) Duggar are expecting twin girls. They will join 2 older siblings: Truett (2) and Nora (14 months). Note: this pregnancy announcement doubled as a gender reveal.

Engagements:

Emily Keyes (21) is now engaged to Ethan Myers.

Gender Reveals:

Jennifer (Hartono) and Joshua Toto announced their second child will be a girl! They have one older daughter.

New Relationships:

Isaiah Bates is now dating a woman named Sarah. Her last name is unknown. Isaiah is 19 years old.

Natasha Bure is now dating Bradley Steven Perry.

Miscarriages:

Gracie (Wikstrom) and Kord Etbauer shared they had a miscarriage in January. They have two boys: Grit (2) and Flint (20 months)

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Who is the Most On-Trend With Their Baby Names? Duggar-Edition

To break up the time between more exciting announcements from predictor-families, I thought it might be fun to do a little name analysis. I looked up the popularity of each GrandDuggars name in the year they were born to see which parents are the most “on-trend.” Rankings outside of the top 1000 were unable to be determined. Only first names were considered for this analysis. For babies born in 2022, 2021 data was used.

Josh and Anna

Mackynzie (b. 2009) - Not ranked. (Mackenzie #77, Mckenzie #155, Makenzie #175)

Michael (b. 2011) - Ranked #6

Marcus (b. 2013) - Ranked #159

Meredith (b. 2015) - Ranked #590

Mason (b. 2017) - Ranked #7

Maryella (b. 2019) - Not ranked.

Madyson (b. 2021) -  Not ranked. (Madison #29, Maddison #519, Madisyn #798)

John and Abbie

Grace (b. 2020) - Ranked #28

Charles - assuming Charlie’s legal name - (b. 2022) - Ranked #50

Jill and Derick

Israel (b. 2015) - Ranked #240

Samuel (b. 2017) - Ranked #21

Frederick (b. 2022) - Ranked #476

Jessa and Ben

Spurgeon (b. 2015) - Not ranked. (As expected and as it should be.)

Henry (b. 2017) - Ranked #18

Ivy (b. 2019) - Ranked #68

Fern (b. 2021) - Not ranked.

Jinger and Jeremy

Felicity (b. 2018) - Ranked #355

Evangeline (b. 2020) - Ranked #256

Joe and Kendra

Garrett (b. 2018) - Ranked #326

Addison (b. 2019) - Ranked #47

Brooklyn (b. 2021) - Ranked #63

Josiah and Lauren 

Bella (b. 2019) - Ranked #50

Joy and Austin

Gideon (b. 2018) - Ranked #308

Evelyn (b. 2020) - Ranked #9

Jed and Katey

Truett (b. 2022) - Ranked #914

This analysis seems to show that John and Abbie are the most “on-trend” when it comes to naming their children. This isn’t surprising as so far they have picked classic names that have been high in popularity for a long-time. It was interesting to see in this analysis the difference in popularity of names that couples choose for their boys vs. their girls. For example, Josh and Anna’s boys all had names within the top 160 (two even within the top 10), but only one of their girls had a name even found within the top 1000. It was also interesting to see that Jessa and Ben’s name choices varied between top 100 most popular and names that were unranked at all. Overall though, this was just for fun and shouldn’t be taken too seriously.

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Fundiegirldoll is the best thing to happen to the internet. Ever. Go follow their Instagram if you don’t already.

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My favourite unit may have lost but at least it's still in one piece and going strong, unlike my second favourite unit...looking at you Takeshita 😒

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Babies Duggar-Nakatsu 3 & 4 are on their way!

On 18th July 2024, Jedidiah and Katelyn Duggar announced they are pregnant with twins. The couple, who married in April 2021, are already parents to two: Truett Oliver (2) and Nora Kate (14 months).

In a People article and a YouTube video, Jed and Kate announced that they are having twin daughters. They had announced their pregnancy to their wider family but held off on announcing they were expecting twins until their gender reveal.

Early, Late or On Time? After the birth of Nora, a further pregnancy announcement was predicted for February 2024 with a predicted due date of August 2024. This announcement in July 2024 was almost 1 SD late.

Timing of Pregnancy Announcement The announcement was slightly later than anticipated: Announcement #1 (Truett): Day 41 Announcement #2 (Nora): Day 122 Average: Day 81 (11 weeks, 4 days)

This announcement came on Day 94 of pregnancy (13 weeks, 3 days). This pushes the average pregnancy announcement to Day 86 - 5 days later.

The gender reveal was a lot earlier than expected, however. Previously the average was Day 150 (21 weeks, 3 days) but this announcement came at the same time as the pregnancy reveal on Day 94. The average gender reveal is now on Day 131 - 19 days earlier.

Due Date Eagle-eyed snarkers looked at the ultrasound and calculated the due date of the pregnancy as being 20th January 2025.

This means there is a predicted spacing of 607 days between Nora and the twins. This is much more reasonable than the 387 days between Truett and Nora but still means the couple will have 4 under 3 at the beginning of 2025. Sheesh!

Impact on the Data This pregnancy has had an impact on the maternal multiplier for ages 25-30 and has slightly lessened the multiplier. This has a small impact on other fundie women in the age bracket.

Baby Five?! Taking the average of this pregnancy and Kate's pregnancy with Nora, and multiplying it by the maternal multiplier, the spreadsheet predicts a spacing of 581 days.

If this holds true, a pregnancy announcement is predicted for February 2026 with a birth in August 2026.

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A3! Backstage Story Translation - Tasuku Takato SSR - Today's Star: Keiji Nakatsu - Part 1

Tasuku: … And it seems like it all worked out in the end.

Fuyuki: “Haha, I see. … Oops, I gotta get back to work.”

Fuyuki: “I’m gonna go. Also, Mom said she wants to see you, so come visit at some point. You can tell Tsumu to come too.”

Tasuku: Got it. See you.

[Call hangs up]

Tasuku: Whew…

[Door knocking]

Izumi: Tasuku-san, are you inside?

Tasuku: Yeah. You can come in.

Izumi: Sorry for disturbing you. Your spin-off has been decided, so I came to tell you.

Tasuku: The short story spin-off project with a supporting character, right?

Tasuku: Which character did it end up being?

Izumi: Fufufu… Well, you see…

Tasuku: … Oi, Director. Don’t put on airs.

Izumi: Ahaha, I’m sorry. You seemed excited, so I wanted to tease you a little.

Tasuku: Please don’t start acting like Azuma-san.

Izumi: Your character is Nakatsu from the second performance, “My Master Likes A Mystery”!

Tasuku: Nakatsu, huh? It’s been a while, I’m looking forward to this.

Izumi: Nakatsu and his sense of justice were cool! I’m also looking forward to it.

Izumi: If you have any ideas for the spin-off, please talk with Tsuzuru-kun.

Tasuku: Yeah, will do.

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Tsumugi: Oh, I just remembered, your character for the spin-off is Nakatsu, right? The Director told me.

Tasuku: Yeah.

Tsumugi: Since Nakatsu will be the protagonist of the story, wouldn’t asking Fuyuki-kun for some pointers be a good idea?

Tasuku: … That’s what I was thinking too, actually. I was going to visit my family home soon.

Tsumugi: That’s great timing, then.

Tasuku: I haven’t been back in a while, so Aniki told me to come visit at some point.

Tasuku: Do you want to come with if you’re free?

Tsumugi: Is that okay?

Tasuku: Aniki said to ask you to come too, so I guess they want to see you.

Tsumugi: Fufu, I’ll take him up on his offer, then. Let me know when you’ve made proper plans.

Tasuku: Yeah, will do.

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Tsumugi: Fuyuki-kun probably won’t be back by the time we get there.

Tasuku: Yeah. I’ll take my time asking him what I want to tonight.

Tsumugi: Do you have anything specific in mind for the spin-off performance?

Tasuku: … The Director asked that too. Since Nakatsu is a detective with a strong sense of justice. I think it’d be good if the story properly conveyed his humanity.

Tasuku: Can’t think of any specifics, though.

Tsumugi: You just got the news, so you can take your time thinking about it. You’ll naturally come up with what you want to do as you start getting into your role again.

Tasuku: True. … Talking about Nakatsu is making me feel like acting.

Tsumugi: I knew you’d say that. Should we do a Street ACT for a bit?

Tasuku: … Let’s do it.

part 1 | part 2 | part 3

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Small Falls on a Tributary to the Nakatsu River

Location: Shiokawa River, Aikawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Timestamp: 17:04 on July 18, 2023 Elevation: 165.2 m

On this photo shoot, I visited Shiokawa Falls in the Minamiyamasawa Mountains, a part of the rural town of Aikawa in western Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

During my journey to Shiokawa Falls, I discovered a charming scene of smaller falls (approx. 2 meters in height) fed by the Shiokawa Falls, when then flows downstream into the Nakatsu River.

Nakatsu River is a popular spot among locals for fishing, picnics, barbecues, and riverside camping. It's also located in the rural town of Aikawa. If you plan to visit on a family outing to beat the summer heat, keep in mind that driving is recommended as bus access is limited.

The tiny falls in this shot can be found about 6 meters downstream from Shiokawa Falls. The path to the falls is well-paved and easily accessible.

To capture this shot, I used a tripod and positioned the camera close to the water's surface, aiming to enhance the visual scale of the falls. Additionally, I utilized a circular polarizer to reduce reflections from the rocks and water surface.

The chilly water was refreshing, providing a welcomed break for both me and my dog after our journey under the scorching sun earlier in the day.

For more information about this location and helpful links for further reading, visit the Pix4Japan blog (https://www.pix4japan.com/blog/20230718-shiokawa). I've curated all the necessary details on accessing this location and have provided source references.

Pentax K-1 II + DFA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6 88 mm ISO 800 for 1/13 sec. at ƒ/5.6

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Shoujo Thoughts - Hana Kimi

So for my first post outside of Chihayafuru, I thought I'd talk about Hana Kimi (aka Hanazakari no Kimitachi e), which I believe is considered a classic shoujo (quickly looking at the sales I'd assume it was). Even though there's several live action adaptations (as a fan of SHINee and f(x) it surprised me that the drama Minho and Sulli were in was based on this manga), my experience is solely the manga. I finished reading this a couple months ago so if I remember something wrong, I apologize in advance. I won't really talk about any spoilers until the character section.

For these posts, I'll just go over some impressions I had (very casually "review") and talk about my favorite arc and/or character.

Hana Kimi's premise is pretty interesting; Ashiya transfers to an all-boys school in Japan because she looks up to Sano and his ability in the high jump. So we've got this setup of a girl infiltrating an all boys school and the manga essentially focuses on the shenanigans that come about because of that, as well as some more coming of age and some familial themes. I specifically thought Sano's issues with his family were handled pretty well and tied into his character and the overall narrative in a satisfying way (I also liked his brother's character). This series doesn't go super deep into more serious topics or handle them with the most nuance, but that's probably because at its core, this series is more lighthearted. It has a lot of scenarios typical of a high school series (sports events, school dances, etc.).

Of course, there's also romance. The romance in this series, or at least the acknowledgement of it, moves very slow. There are moments where it's very clear something is going on, but it's played off as characters being dense/misunderstanding/etc. It's a series that's tagged with "love polygon", but there's never any doubt about who the romantic conclusion lies with, so if that sways you one way or another, there's that. The romantic plots are pretty typical of the high school series you may have read or watched before but the cast is still enjoyable enough to continue (for me at least).

Overall, I actually really enjoyed this series. The cast has a large amount of different personalities and they lend themselves to a variety of situations. Some of my favorites were Dr. Umeda, Kayashima and Nanba. I've seen the art of this series be described as dated but I really like it for the most part (I enjoy a lot of the art from series from this time). It's a solid slice of life rom-com series even if some of the little arcs felt unnecessary (the arc with the boy from America and the ghost/spirit boy are scenarios that come to mind) and the ending felt a bit abrupt. I suppose some of the comedy might have aged, but I don't remember anything glaring (Akiha was a bit weird when it came to Umeda though if I recall). I haven't read a lot of slice of life series like this, let alone many from this far back, so I'm not sure how it stacks up to other series but I'd still recommend giving it a look.

Favorite character : Nakatsu

I don't think I really have second lead syndrome, but sometimes I find the character that won't "win" ship-wise to be more interesting. Nakatsu here is the one in the group with a sunny disposition and generally is upbeat. He has an interesting personal arc where he mulls over the fact that he's into Ashiya (despite believing her to be a guy) and he eventually decides that he'd rather accept his feelings than worry about sexuality. The manga has a weird way of "justifying" this (I believe that Umeda said something about Nakatsu being able to tell she wasn't a guy because of pheromones or something), but I liked the conclusion that he came to and how he freely expressed his interest in her. The arcs centered around Nakatsu were also entertaining to me because they focused on more serious situations that forced his upbeat personality to be broken down a bit. This was also interesting, as the group could typically tell when something was wrong with him because he was a pillar of the group's energy. I also appreciated his conversations with Sano and Ashiya about his feelings, the fact that Ashiya actually gave him a rejection instead of brushing him off, and just the general friendship dynamic. However it was really clear that Ashiya wasn't into him romantically (she's only at this school because of Sano and the way she gets involved with him is sometimes borderline obsessive, but hey, it's fiction). He was a character that suited both lighthearted and more serious situations in the series well which probably contributed to why he stuck out to me. I did feel for him when he was hurting about his one sided love but I also knew he lowkey never had a chance.

Well, if you read all this, thanks! I haven't done any posts about other series until now and this is a lot more casual since I'm not analyzing anything, but I've got a couple other series that I read somewhat recently or am currently reading that I'd like to do this with. Give Hana Kimi a shot if you haven't read or heard of it before!

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A Much–Awaited ESOQ Update!

As of today (November 7, 2022), here are the Predictor's Estimated Sizes of Quiver (ESOQs) for the following Predictor Couples—

The Bateses—

Zach + Whitney (Perkins) Bates 9 Children

Michaela (Bates) + Brandon Keilen 0 Children (Infertility)

Erin (Bates) + Chad Paine 5 Children (Quiver Closed)

Lawson + Tiffany (Espensen) Bates 10 Children

Nathan + Esther (Keyes) Bates 10 Children

Alyssa (Bates) + John Webster 14 Children (We'll See...)

Tori (Bates) + Bobby Smith 16 Children

Trace + Lydia (Romeike) Bates 10 Children

Carlin (Bates) + Evan Stewart 10 Children (We'll See...)

Josie (Bates) + Kelton Balka 13 Children

Katie (Bates) + Travis Clark Unknown; <1 So Far (Birth Control)

Jackson Bates + Emerson Wells 13 Children

The Bontragers—

Chelsy (Bontrager) + John Maxwell 8 Children (We'll See...)

Mitchell + Brynn (Leppert) Bontrager 9 Children

Allison (Bontrager) + Jeremiah Helferich 9 Children

Carson + Carolina (Bowers) Bontrager 8 Children

Joshua + Cassidy (Bowers) Bontrager 9 Children

Denver + Praise (Helferich) Bontrager 4 Children

The Duggars—

Josh + Anna (Keller) Duggar 7 Children (Quiver Closed)

John + Abbie (Burnett) Duggar 5 Children

Jill (Duggar) + Derick Dillard Unknown; 3 So Far (Birth Control)

Jessa (Duggar) + Ben Seewald 10 Children

Jinger (Duggar) + Jeremy Vuolo 8 Children (We'll See...)

Joe + Kendra (Caldwell) Duggar 15 Children

Josiah + Lauren (Swanson) Duggar 10 Children

Joy (Duggar) + Austin Forsyth 10 Children

Jed + Katey (Nakatsu) Duggar 8 Children

Jer + Hannah (Wissmann) Duggar 11 Children (His Data)

Justin + Claire (Spivey) Duggar 5 Children

The [Quiverfull] Kellers—

Esther (Keller) + John Shrader 14 Children

Priscilla (Keller) + David Waller 9 Children

Anna (Keller) + Josh Duggar 7 Children (Quiver Closed)

Nathan + Nurie (Rodrigues) Keller 14 Children

David + Hannah (Reber) Keller 11 Children

The Maxwells—

Nathan + Melanie Maxwell 7 Children (Quiver Closed)

Chris + Anna Marie Maxwell 6 Children (Quiver Closed)

Sarah (Maxwell) + Kory Bollinger 0 Children (Due to Age)

Joseph + Elissa Maxwell 7 Children

John + Chelsy (Bontrager) Maxwell 8 Children (We'll See...)

Jesse + Anna Patrice Maxwell 6 Children

The Rodriguii—

Jill (Noyes) + David Rodrigues 13 Children (Quiver Closed)

Nurie (Rodrigues) + Nathan Keller 14 Children

Kaylee (Rodrigues) + Jonathan Hill 11 Children

The Wissmanns—

Rachel (Wissmann) + Alan Busenitz 7 Children

Ruth (Wissmann) + Ryan Bourlier 10 Children

Josiah + Abi (Rehm) Wissmann 6 Children

Bethany (Wissmann) + Daniel Beasley 10 Children

Andrew + Kori (Knuth) Wissmann 5 Children

Matthias + Michelle (Kingery) Wissmann 6 Children

Hannah (Wissmann) + Jer Duggar 15 Children (Her Data)

Nathanael + Katrina (Sahlstrom) Wissmann 10 Children

Miscellaneous—

Olivia (Collingsworth) + Dawson Aichholz 7 Children

Meagan (Forsyth) + Bobby Ballinger 8 Children

Bethany (Baird) + David Beal 7 Children

Karissa + Mandrae Collins 11 Children

Kord + Grace (Wikstrom) Etbauer 16 Children

Rebekah (Baird) + Daniel Gill 10 Children

Courtney + Christopher Rogers 14 Children

Kristin + Justin Young 9 Children

For those keeping score at home, the Largest Quivers are expected to be born to—

16 Children Grace + Kord Etbauer, Tori + Bobby Smith

15 Children Joe + Kendra Duggar, Jeremiah + Hannah Duggar (Based on Wissmann Family Data)

14 Children Esther + John Shrader, Nurie + Nathan Keller, Courtney + Christopher Rogers

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Jedidiah Duggar, Wife Katey Reveal Sex and Name of 2nd Child

Jedidiah Duggar, Wife Katey Reveal Sex and Name of 2nd Child

True’s little sister! Jedidiah Duggar and his wife, Katey Nakatsu, are beyond excited to welcome a baby girl into their growing brood. After the Counting On alum’s brother James Duggar lit a bonfire for the large brood, another member of the famous family drove up to the lot in a pink truck to reveal that the couple’s second child would be a girl. Pink-colored confetti and fireworks then lit up…

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Breaking News: Nora Kate Duggar is here

Jedidiah and Katelyn Duggar welcomed their second child, a girl named Nora Kate May 24th 2023

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Fundie Families and Adjacents I Follow: Nakatsu

Kory Raymond Nakatsu Jr.- May 31, 1966.

Kimberly Irene Flanigan- June 26, 1968.

Kory and Kimberly married in an unknown year and divorced in 2005. Kim brought 2 children from another relationship into the marriage. They had 2 of their own daughters together. Kory remarried Kerry Anne Sheppard (May 26, 1968) on August 1, 2009.

Jamie Irene Roberts- 1990

Reed Roberts- September 24, 1992

Katelyn Koryn "Katey" Nataksu- July 29, 1998

Lauren Elizabeth Nakatsu- December 16, 2002

Jamie married Logan Brock. They share 3 children

Payton

Liam

Carson

Katey married Jedidiah Robert Duggar (December 30, 1998) on April 3, 2021, when they both were 23 years old. They share 4 children. They are based in Arkansas.

Truett Oliver- May 2, 2022

Nora Kate- May 24, 2023

Baby Girl- 2024 or 2025

Baby Girl- 2024 or 2025

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Breaking: Jed and Katey might be expecting again

A user on r/DuggarsSnark noticed that Katey pinned a Christmas pregnancy announcement photo to her “Christmas photo” board on Pinterest about 6 weeks ago. Truett is only six months old, so if she found out she was pregnant 6 weeks ago the babies would be only about 14 months apart. Yikes.

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Jedidiah Duggar and wife Katey Nakatsu expecting baby No. 2

Jedidiah Duggar and wife Katey Nakatsu expecting baby No. 2

Jedidiah Duggar and his wife, Katey Nakatsu, announced on Friday they are expecting their second child together. “We have been keeping a big secret from our friends and family for the past couple of months,” the couple captioned a video on YouTube. “We are excited to share the announcement of baby #2 due in May [2023]!” In the 13-minute video, Duggar, 23, and Nakatsu, 24, beamed with joy as they…

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