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In a novella, a man from this family writes a letter of recommendation for a mysterious doctor who refuses to treat soldiers and eventually lives with Meme (“MAY-may”). That member of this family, who refuses to let people within a ten-foot chalk circle around him, is foiled in a suicide attempt when a doctor puts an iodine marker on a part of his chest with no vital organs. A man from this family repeatedly remakes the same 25 gold fish and loses 32 (20[1])consecutive (*) rebellions while leading Liberal forces. Amaranta is a sibling of a man from this family who stands before a firing squad while recalling the time his father took him to discover ice. For 10 points, what family in One Hundred Years of Solitude includes Colonel Aureliano ■END■

ANSWER: Buendía (“bwen-DEE-ah”) family [accept Colonel Aureliano Buendía] (The lead-in is from Leaf Storm.)
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