Can anyone decipher this handwriting for me?

[DebbieFiderer]

We moved house just under a year ago. We are on nodding terms with the next door neighbours, but have never exchanged names. Now they've sent us a Christmas card with the names on, which should be great, as I won't have to ask them, except I can't read the handwriting! Any ideas? I've cut off the man's name as I can read that, and I can see the last one is Emily, but the other three are a mystery. If it helps, the children are girl, boy, girl.

I think Amiee/Aimee with her fancy quasi-French spelling is the half-sister of Liam and Emily. But the parent they have in common, who used no doubt their mother, has a love of ‘i’s and ‘m’s.

Was hoping OP found out by page 19

There’s a dot above the first one so I’m going to hazard a guess at Becci

Looking at icant’s enlarged picture I’m now seeing Dillie!

Kelli?

Go and vote on Thursday. Take your glasses and When they’re crossing your name off the list stare very hard at the lines above or below yours to read their names.

Diane

After looking at the picture multiple times, I am now convinced it's Diane

I agree with Aimee/Amiee Liam and Emily.

I’m going to throw a Darci into the mix for mum?

Steve, Darci, Aimee, Liam and Emily.

They sound lovely.

Seeing your update which includes Steve, the last three are:

Ania, Liam and Emily

Whoever wrote this card, doesn't close their 'a's at the top. The dot on the 'i' in Ania is actually in the right place.

Still trying to figure out the mums name!

It can't be Ania as there is a letter between the A and supposed n - the first stroke of the original m.

If it is Liam and Emily, you'd expect another solid "traditional" name for the first child wouldn't you?

Fresh eyes this morning 👀

It's definitely:

Aimee - ungrateful eye roller

Liam - Poor boy in the box room

Emily - precious youngest, yet to turn into a teenage horror (she will be the worst)

Give her the pen, along with a sheet of paper with your family's names at the top, where you've been 'practising' and ask her to give it a good few tries for you now

LOL, if one of my neighbours did this I would assume they had taken in some of my post and were now trying to learn to forge my signature for identity theft.

Neil, Aimee, Liam and Emily

That's a rogue stroke to confuse you @DoesntLeftoverTurkeySoupDragOn!

If you look at the 'm's in Liam and Emily, and compare them to the second letter in Ania, it has a different style.

Is Aimee any more traditional than Ania? I'd rate them both the same. I'd agree with you on tradition if the first child's name was spelled as Amy, but it's clearly not.

My case for Aimee

@Yahboosnubsme I only know two Ania's and ones Polish and the other is Bulgarian.

I know a few Aimee's who are all English.

Is Aimee any more traditional than Ania? I'd rate them both the same.

Really? I've never even heard of Ania. I assumed it was a "foreign" name. Aimee and all various spellings is fairly common.

Give her the pen, along with a sheet of paper with your family's names at the top, where you've been 'practising' and ask her to give it a good few tries for you now

LOL, if one of my neighbours did this I would assume they had taken in some of my post and were now trying to learn to forge my signature for identity theft.

I suppose you could also steer the conversation around to birth dates, mothers' maiden names, first pets and memorable places, to keep your options open in case you do later choose to go down that route

Drew, Aimee, Liam and Emily

Why do people think the wife is called Niell?! I mean it’s a possibility, but very unlikely!!

We established a few pages back that the wife is called Drecci

@DebbieFiderer you really have to ask your neighbour. Just say thank you for the card, I’m so sorry I can’t make your name, can I check the spelling. Then check the kids’ names with particular attention to Amiee/Aimee.