1.   Artemio Amezquita, the family patriarch, died six years ago.

2.   At a memorial service for Winthrop Murray Crane III in September, his daughter-in-law and granddaughter played chamber music while a nephew eulogized the family patriarch.

3.   A dozen large and extended families own most of Saipan, and each one wanted roads and streets named for a family patriarch or illustrious relative.

4.   Dick, the family patriarch, has been driving down from Petrolia to attend the Cup finals games in Detroit.

5.   Even the family patriarch Quintanilla is being accused of jumping on the Selena bandwagon.

6.   Every time Seay runs onto a football field, the Allens see the embodiment of their late family patriarch.

7.   Family patriarch William Wirtz did not respond to phone calls to his office.

8.   Family patriarch John Fang was a journalist in pre-Communist China before he fled to Taiwan.

9.   Harlan Crow, the son of family patriarch Trammell Crow, in an interview said the family expects to buy more hotels and have them managed by Wyndham.

10.   He also paid for a bronze bust of Clinton in the National Portrait Gallery, dedicated in honor of Mochtar Riady, the family patriarch.