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After my mom died, there were even more people in the family tree who could have laid claim to the candlesticks, but they are in my dining room, because I was my mom’s eldest daughter.

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“My family tree does have a touch of mystery about it,” he replied after a pause.

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“I am a governess, not a librarian. In any case, the diary you describe would be of use in researching the Ashton family tree, not your own.”

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“How strange, that the Swanburne family tree is not better known. Surely there are many proud and loyal Swanburne girls who would be curious about it.”

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To help figure out which seeds to use, he built a database that now traces the family trees of thousands of gargantuan gourds back generations.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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