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  Bob's sister Hannah

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  Bob's sister Ada

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  Bob's brother Otto

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  Bob's sister Eve

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  Bob's sister Nan

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  A baby picture of Bob and his siblings (clockwise from upper left: Otto, Eve, Hannah, Ada, Bob, and Nan)

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  Bob's cousin Archibald

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  Bob's brother-in-law Vinnie

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  Bob's stepbrother Herbie (who really needs to quit smoking)

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  Bob's cousin Saffron (who will do anything for a drink)

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  Bob's brother-in-law Jay (who loves photography)

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  Bob's nieces Lulu and Bitsy, the biker chicks

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  Bob's sister-in-law Esmerelda (who likes to live dangerously)

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  Bob's cousin Louie (even grumpier than Bob)

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  Bob's Great Uncle Arthur up in Saskatchewan

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  Bob's nephews, Moe, Larry, and Curly

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  Bob's Uncle Norbert and Aunt Phyllis

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  Bob's cousin Eloise, with the twins, Rudy and Trudy

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  Nigel, Bob's pen pal in New Zealand

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  Miss Screech, Bob's favorite teacher

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  Bob's Uncle Seymour and Aunt Bernice

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  Percy the Pickpocket, Bob's second cousin once removed (the relative no one likes to talk about; every family has one)

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  A pair of boobies (not related to Bob, but included for readers who require titillation)

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  The Bluebird of Happiness (also no relation to Bob)

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  The beer they named for Bob

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