One of the family anecdotes Reggie liked to recall was when Cheryl used to beat him in games of 1-on-1 prior to his professional career.

Michael's wife gave birth to a baby girl last month--" "Spare me the family anecdotes.

"It has never been more than a family anecdote."

I learned nothing more through a half hour of photo albums and family anecdotes.

A family anecdote tells that when she was two, she went shopping with her mother but wandered away in the market.

At least that's the official family anecdote.

"Now, this is a family anecdote," he'd say, "that like a lot of family anecdotes I can't really vouch for."

We've gotten into quite a cozy little exchange of letters and family anecdotes.

A family anecdote, which Patience liked to recount, describes her 21st birthday party, where she met by chance a neighbor, Bette Davis.

A family anecdote held that a war correspondent covering the 56th FG tried to photograph the cat, which kept jumping all over packed parachutes.