What would you class a simbin family as? The ones that appear in every neighbourhood or the ones that start the game off in the family bin (e.g. Bianca Monty, Chester Gieke?)
I'll just go for the first one, because I'm typing this on my tablet that has a terrible keyboard
Ottomas
Samantha gave birth to twins Richard and Robin, later giving birth to their final child together Nona. Robin has the exact same face as their grandmother Dora. They all lived in Dora's house in Pleasantview. It was quite cramped, but David moved out soon enough. Peter cheated on Samantha with Tina Traveller, giving birth to a little girl, Tabitha Traveller - when Samantha found out, they divorced and Samantha moved out with her son Richard (who by this point was a teen) into an apartment. She eventually met Castor Nova. The two married and he moved into the apartment with his twin boys Lucifer and Malachi. They are considering adopting, as Samantha will be turning into an elder this rotation.
David Ottomas married Jodie Larson and had daughter Dottie, later followed by twins Jacob and Nora. He's living in Belladonna Cove and is high up in the music career track. Sharla, the pleasure Sim, married Artie Goodie (Herbert and Faith's son) at 17 and moved off to University after giving birth to their son Abiah Goodie. During her university years, she found herself pregnant again after a fling with Jared Starchild, she gave birth to Quinn and Duncan, who she put up for adoption. Artie isn't aware of them, he has been stationed in Strangetown since he turned 18, but we'll talk more about the Goodie's later. Tommy Ottomas grew up to be a romance Sim, much like his two older siblings he was also a young parent, after stealing his brother Richard's girlfriend, Kat Larson they had a little too much fun on her sofa after a party one night and she gave birth to little Reece Larson last rotation. Tommy moved to college at the end of the same rotation and hasn't yet met Reece, but Richard (family Sim) has taken over as father to the young boy.
Ramaswarmi
The situation with the Ramaswarmi's got a little crazy a little quickly...
Sanjay really wanted a son. First they had a daughter, Arishma, followed shortly by their second daughter I can't remember the name of. Not a problem, Priya wanted three children anyway, so they tried again... And had daughter Anika. They weren't happy to still not be blessed with a son to carry on the family name so they put her up for adoption and straight sets found themselves pregnant again... With their fourth girl, who I think was called Anisha? Meanwhile, Arishma became a bit of a wild child ignoring her parents strict rules. She wore short skirts and liked to dye her hair. Her parents disapproved of this, and decided the best way to handle this was to have an arranged marriage to Francis J. Worthington III. Soon after Priya concieved a child. Yet another girl. Ameena, followed shortly after by a son - Abdullah
The same rotation Abdullah was born, Arishma had her first child, Miriam. A little bit later Arishma then has twins - Francis (IV) and Felicity. the Ramaswarmi's second daughter decided to move in to help raise her nephew and nieces. Anika grew up in the orphanage and is very talented at piano. Anisha married the Patel's eldest son Karan but aren't having children until they can afford their own house (they currently live with the Patel's). I got a little bored with how repetitive and similar the Ramaswarmi daughters were, so when Ameena (their youngest daughter) grew up badly, I decided to make her hit the road and find her way into downtown. The plan is every few rotations to add her to a random family until she's lived in all subhoods... Eventually finding her way to Strangetown. For whatever reason I haven't yet decided. Abdullah just became a child this rotation and is so far a bit of a brat.
Newson
I placed the Newson family in Desiderata Valley in a three bedroom house (thank god for bunk beds)
Ginger stayed at home raising the kids while Gavin mostly went to school and later had a job. When Georgia and Garrett were teenagers, Ginger finally moved out and married Nathan Gavigan and the two had Gerard Gavigan. Gavin dated around for a while before marrying Beatrice Monty last rotation or so and she's currently pregnant with their first child together. Him and Beatrice still live in the original house, she moved in just as Garrett was moving out. Gabriella and Georgia both found themselves pregnant around the same time. Gabriella, knowing the house was too small, moved to a small apartment in Downtown where she had sons Gabriel and Gerome. Their father, Mickey Dosser, wasn't involved much with them as babies, as him and Gabriella weren't a couple, but during their toddler years, Gabriella and Mickey grew a lot closer, with him popping the question at their twins 5th birthday party. Soon after Gabriella became an adult and the two moved into a trailer park together. Gallagher has dated numerous women, as I keep finding someone for him but then eventually deciding they'd be better with someone else. He popped the question to Lucy Burb on their last year of college and they seem pretty happy together. Georgia, as I said earlier found herself pregnant as a teen. She moved in with Ginger, Nathan and Gerard and gave birth to Ginny Newson shortly after. Ginger and Nathan raised Ginny as their own while Georgia was busy being the popularity Sim she was. She got engaged to Aldric Davis (Ginny's father) just after he graduated. They plan on moving in together (with Ginny too) after Georgia graduates, but for now he's living with his brother Almric and doesn't have all that much to do with Ginny. Georgia and Garrett are currently Freshers. Garrett is the quietest out of the bunch, who hasn't really done much other than studying constantly throughout his teen years to get a bunch of scholarships for uni.
Gavigan
The Gavigans started off living in a nice house downtown. They had twins, Anaïs and Elliot and divorced shortly after. Nathan got custody of Isiah, while the twins stayed with Mary. Nathan lived in Belladonna Cove for a while, eventually giving the apartment to Isiah and moving out to marry Ginger Newson. Mary married John Burb, who lived next door to her in downtown, with his two children Lucy and Adam. They moved to a larger house in Riverblossom hills when they found out they were expecting their son, Joe. Isiah dated Lucy Burb for a bit before Mary and John met, but stopped their relationship when they became step-siblings. Isiah married Adeline Goodie and had their son, Noah. They're thinking about having another kid, but the apartment is already quite cramped with 4 dogs so they might not.
Goodie
I've pretty much weaved in their story anyway, but I'll go into more detail. I should point out that due to not cleaning templates when I first made my megahood, the bin families were all doubled. Most of them I aged down, randomised, removed family ties and put in the adoption pool. But I decided to age down the clones of Herbert and Faith, and say those were Thier children. I named them Artie and Adeline. Artie was always interested in the army, he married Sharla Ottomas (despite being a romance sim) and had Abiah Goodie. Adeline grew up to be a pleasure Sim, although her parents were very old-fashioned and insisted she raised Abiah while Artie went off to Strangetown and Sharla to college. Eventually however, Adeline married Isiah and had her own son. Herbert passed away a bit ago, and Faith passed away this rotation, so Artie had to return from Strangetown to raise Abiah, but will leave once he becomes a teenager. Artie and Abiah have no idea Sharla graduated and currently lives alone in Belladonna Cove. She's questioning her marriage, and can't decide to move back in to look after Abiah, or just run and not look back.
Cooke
Julian of course moved to Desiderata Valley. He lives in a lovely little bungalow with a small body of water outside so he can catch the freshest fish to grill up. He met his wife, Kirsten Loste online. She lived in Strangetown, which was quite a while away so the two mostly talked online or on the phone, until eventually they met face to face for the first time in Bluewater village for a date. Julian asked Kirsten to marry him and she said yes. She left Strangetown behind and moved into Julian's bungalow. He turned the livingroom into her hobby space, as she loved painting. They adopted a dog, Scout. Unlike most couples, they waited a little while before having children. They had two girls and a boy. Peridot (girl), Parsley (boy) and Pearla. Peridot is currently dating Elliot Gavigan, she's a popularity Sim and the typical cheerleader type. Parsley just became a teenager. He's always enjoyed fishing and often catches fish for his Dad to cook for dinner. He looks weirdly like Ryan Gosling in the notebook. Pearla is still a child, although I'm thinking she will probably also become a popularity Sim like her oldest sister because they're best friends and do everything together.
Picaso
The Picaso's in my megahood, much like most people's games, live next to the Grunts and are good friends. They're both quite high in the military career and have four children - Emma, followed by twins Luke and Mark and then youngest, Madeline. All of them are teenagers. When Emma was born, Jessica and Matthew weren't really sure how to raise her, as she was quite a girly girl. Sometimes she does feel a little left out, as before Madeline was born, her parents mostly played army with the twins, because of that Emma and Maddie are very close. Emma surprised the whole family when she brought her boyfriend, Fetusoid Curious (Pascal's first alien child) home for dinner. Jessica and Matthew, along with the twins, were all fighting the war to get rid of 'those kind' and suddenly here one is in their house, what an outrage! However, Fetusoid's gentle nature and pure love for Emma has somewhat won them over, and although they will still fight to rid Simtopia of aliens, "this one is alright". Now just wait until they have part-alien grandchildren!
Roseland
Cyd Roseland and his dog, Porthos lived in a small square house in Desiderata Valley. For a while I kinda got bored playing him. He didn't really do much and overall I'd leave him to do his own thing. Eventually however he met Florence Delrosa and the two sparked up a bit of chemistry towards one another. Unbeknownst to Cyd, Florence was also dating her married neighbour Checo Ramirez. He got both his wife and Florence pregnant at the same time and swiftly broke things off with Florence. She kept her pregnancy on the down low and gave birth to Ash Delrosa. Cyd came to visit her in her shop one day and noticed the baby, Florence couldn't think of an explanation so she lied and said he was his son. Cyd soon moved in, and helped out with child rearing and her shop but the two didn't really restart their romantic relationship until Ash was a child. Eventually they married, and had son Oakley. Ash really enjoys music (weirdly so does his half-brother Miguel Ramirez and I'm planning out how they're going to meet in college as freshmen and start a band, not knowing they're related) and has no interest in his parents business (again, just like Miguel), but his younger brother Oakley loves the business. Porthos had puppies, although they've since been sold to various families. Cyd also adopted a stay named Rover, who has also had puppies.
Kim
The Kim's always seemed a bit deluded to me. So I decided to just roll with it. Even though they hadn't been on the air for a decade, they still act like they're on TV. They try to play a very happy family, but to be honest outside of the household nobody really likes Robert and Cynthia very much. They often brag to other Sims on community lots and seem to disagree with a lot of people. Justin I really liked though. He befriended a stray dog named Andy, who moved in and had puppies with their dog Gabby, named Pixel and Domino. Cheech mated with one of the Kat cats and is expecting a litter. Justin studied hard and got into university. He doesn't let his childhood stardom get to his head, and is currently dating Tessa Ramirez. The two are a cute couple, and plan on taking over the Ramirez family business (which might include Justin taking on that last name). The Kim's also had another child, Brock Kim. He became a teenager last rotation, but I can't remember what aspiration he has. He looks a lot like Robert.
Kat
Tara Kat had a relationship with Jason Larson. The two never married, but lived together and raised their daughter Kat Larson together. When Kat entered her teenage years, the two split up. Jason moved to Belladonna Cove, whereas Kat stayed with her Mum in their home in Pleasantview. Tara didn't really pay much attention to her child. Mostly just to her cats. She was well known to be a crazy cat lady. Tara romanced Morty Roth but nothing came of it, but weirdly found a romance with David Dreamer, Brandi and Darren's teenage son and concieved a child with him. Due to lack of supervision, Kat Larson began to party a lot, having a lot of flings whilst dating Richard Ottomas. She then found herself pregnant with his older brother Tommy's baby. When Tara found out, she had Kat move in with her father and soon after had baby Reece, since then she has again gotten pregnant with Richard's child but miscarried. Tara gave birth to little Tabby Kat the rotation before Reece was born. Tabby Kat is the cutest little girl ever, I'm not really sure where the blonde hair comes from but she looks very cute with a little blonde afro, tanned skin and bright green eyes.
Traveller
After going on plenty of vacations using the money they received from selling various items they dug up, Trisha and Trent found themselves expecting. They had twins Todd and Tedd Traveller. They resented them for ruining their vacation times and would ignore them all day. The house was a mess, with clutter everywhere. Their two cats would pee all over the floor and eat off grimy plates. While Tina was a teenager, she got pregnant with Peter Ottomas's child. Eventually, Todd, Tedd and their niece Tabitha all got taken to the orphanage when the twins were children and Tabitha 1 day off becoming a child. Trisha found herself pregnant again but miscarried. The two now go on vacation all the time and collect all kinds of relics. Their house is still a mess, but they're happy. Tina dated Chaz Whippler and they had twins - Warren and Wilma Whippler. They gave custody of their twins to Chaz's half-sister Marla Briggs and her Fiancé Jimmy Phoenix. They've just moved into downtown and plan on travelling just like Trisha and Trent. Todd and Tedd are still in the orphanage. They're in their late teens and will be asked to leave soon. Todd romanced ex-orphanage worker Isabella Gough (Strangetown Bella Goth) which was super weird, and Tedd is currently dating Bea Pleasant (Dustin and Angela's daughter). Tabitha got adopted by Chester and Erin Gieke, and lives with them and their daughter Riley Gieke, right across the street from Tabitha's biological father and half-siblings.
~Your friendly neighborhood ginge