family name
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While trying to distance himself from one person who shares his family name, when it comes to his actual family, Patel has plenty of jokes of being too close to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The name Mavis is, in itself, a mashup, created by stitching together Marion, Vic and the Sorbaro family name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Yunes said the siblings, who both have a genetic eye condition and asked not to use their family name for fear of reprisals, spent 18 months in Egypt before travelling to Europe.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Suzette Dumfries is a cousin of Denzel's father Boris, and has a long-standing fascination with the family name and its history.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Apparently, the family name had originally been Pickleman, because they made pickles.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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