Puzzle Answers & A Big Announcement

As promised, here are the answers to the family matching puzzle a few days ago:

But “DON’T TOUCH THAT DIAL,” as they used to say before commercials. After reading through the correct answers you will find an important announcement about a family that was left out of the whole blog post on families. 

1. This family ruled a kingdom from an iron throne. (The Lanisters of Game of Thrones)
2. Pa and Ma raised their three daughters on the prairie. (the Ingalls of Little House on the Prairie)
3. Eight kids under one roof was busy for one dad and his new wife. (The Bradfords of Eight is Enough)
4. This family has a dog names Astro. (The Jetsons of The Jetsons)
5. Five siblings find their way through life after the loss of both parents. (The Salingers of Party of Five)
6. A blended family merging three sons with three daughters. (The Bradys of The Brady Bunch)
7. Two uncles live in this full house with their brother and three nieces. (The Tanners of Full House)
8. They’re creepy and they’re kooky. (The Addams of The Addams Family)
9. Before lights out, each family member calls out goodnight to one another. (The Waltons of The Waltons)
10. The big cliffhanger of this show was who shot JR. (The Ewings of Dallas)
11. One of this liberal couple’s children turned out to be a staunch republican. (The Keatons of Family Ties)
12. Embarking on a mission to explore the universe, this family found themselves lost. (The Robinsons of Lost in Space)
13. A town by their same name was purchased as a joke for their son. (The Schitts of Schitts Creek)
14. This Italian mafia family entertained us for six seasons. (The Sopranos of The Sopranos)
15. Richie and Joanie were the do-good children of this happy family. (The Cunninghams of Happy Days)
16. The 1980s primetime soap opera was rebooted in 2017. (The Carringtons of Dynasty)
17. Striking it rich, these country folk discovered oil. (The Clampetts of The Beverly Hillbillies)
18. Conniving, power hungry kids compete for taking over their father’s company. (The Roys of Succession)
19. This picture perfect family of the 1950s was full of wholesome tales, even with a friend like Eddie Haskel stopping by. (The Cleavers of Leave It To Beaver)
20. A family that will protect its land at any cost, going back several generations. (The Duttons of Yellowstone).

One tv family that I left off of the list above is the Shelby family. The Shelbys are from the show Peaky Blinders. We were drawn to this show over the last year even though it came out in 2013. It’s one of those shows on Netflix that I’d heard about and dismissed as something not at the top of my watch list perhaps because of the violence and the strong accents that made it difficult to understand. Hearing how much buzz there was around the show, I finally gave it a shot (with the help of subtitles). It is set in the 1920s in Birmingham, England. The main storyline follows the criminal activity of the powerful gang called the Peaky Blinders. Illegal bookmaking, fixing races and bootlegging were just some of what took place. Why would I be drawn to such a series? The Shelby family. There is something about the loyalty of the Shelby siblings that live in a world so different than my own. The grit, the grime, and the gang full of characters tough enough to survive in a rough place and time in history. I found myself rooting for this criminal family of four brothers (Thomas, Arthur, John, and Finn), one sister (Ada), and their aunt (Polly). If these names sound familiar it is because we chose to name our goats after the Shelby family. We also have Lizzie (who was formerly a prostitute but ended up marrying Thomas Shelby). Great show with catchy names that seemed perfect for our gang of goats.

If you had not noticed, I named seven goats. This is our BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Last week we returned to the beautiful goat farm in the hills of Virginia and retrieved the remaining Shelbys (Arthur, John and Finn). We had seen them on our first visit, and they were not ready to leave the farm. We got home and our herd felt incomplete. We called up the goat farmer and the boys were still available. A month later, they are here now: one big happy family. The Shelby goat herd needs it’s own blog post so I will save it for another day. I could not wrap up the tv family blog post without mentioning Peaky Blinders and the Shelbys.