This document introduces Alessandra (Alii) Costello and her husband Stu, who have settled on an empty plot of land. Alii gets a job in oceanography while pregnant. Their daughter Arianna is born and Stu works to earn promotions. Alii gives birth to twin girls, Alisa and Amadora, without any of the family's genetics being passed on from the mother. The summary establishes the founding couple, birth of their first child, Stu's career progression, and birth of the twin daughters.