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Default plural genitive of names

Hello,

In Lithuanian, we have different endings for genitive (I'm referring to family names, to be precise), e.g. singular nominative - Augustinavicius
Plural nominativ - Augustinaviciai
plural genitive - Augustinaviciu
What would be the plural genitive in an English text?

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The same as a normal noun -s':
Tony Blair's flight
The Blairs' flight
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