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The family name is 2A or IIA.

(Answer Improvement) 2A is really the same thing as group 2 above in the question. The family name for this group is "alkaline earth metals".

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The name is: chalcogens for the 6th or VIA group of 'Oxygen Sulfur etc.' group

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They are known as the alkaline earth metals.

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Alkaline earth metals.

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Alkali earth metals.

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alkaline earth metals

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Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra

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