Talk with your family, friends and co-workers about drawing names for gifts this holiday season.

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While the dates and quaint names on decades-old family records are fascinating, my curiosity was piqued by where they tied the knot.

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Mr Mallon said that as an ex-police officer, he recognised the same family names getting involved in crime year after year.

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This would include more personal information - the names of members of the patient's family, for example.

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So integrated are these giant institutions today that they have erased almost all the proud family names that were once synonymous with the stockbroking and investment-banking businesses.

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The 156-foot Vajoliroja, whose moniker is an amalgam of his family members' names, was refitted to resemble a 1930s steam yacht when Depp purchased it in 2007.

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It has many names--a spotted elephant, a Texas Leaguer and others unfit for a family publication.

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