Round 8 _ _ 2002 MIT Mystery Hunt

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS II

"Research is vital in the real estate industry. I always make sure that my scientists utilize the scientific method, analyzing all the data before drawing conclusions."
The names below belong to five married couples, each of whom own a different bird with a different name. A chart similar to this one may be useful.

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  1. Bert, who does not own the rhea, is not Mr. Laramie nor Mr. O'Connor. He is not married to Faye.
  2. Mr. and Mrs. Kaye don't own Victor. The quail doesn't belong to Ernie or Jen, and her owner doesn't have the last name Norman.
  3. The seagull isn't owned by Al, Heather, or Faye, and its family name isn't Kaye or Norman. Mr. Madison owns neither the penguin nor the seagull.
  4. Ernie is married to either Greta or Inga, and his last name is not O'Connor. His bird, who is not the seagull or the tern, is not Walter.
  5. Mr. Laramie's bird, who is not named Umberto, is not the quail or the seagull.
  6. Faye does not own the penguin or the quail, and her bird's name is not Victor or Xavier.
  7. Yolanda isn't owned by Heather, Al, or Faye, and she does not belong to the Madisons or the Laramies.
  8. Jen, who's married to Dan or Ernie, owns a bird who is not a rhea or a seagull, and whose name is not Umberto or Yolanda. Al's bird is named either Umberto or Yolanda, and it is not the quail or the penguin.
  9. Greta is not Mrs. Laramie, she is not married to Ernie, and she does not own Umberto or Yolanda.
  10. Dan and his wife, who is not Jen, do not have the surname Kaye or O'Connor, and their bird is not named Walter.
  11. Mrs. Norman (who is not Heather) does not own Victor, and she is not married to Dan.
  12. Either Bert or Chris owns the rhea, which is not owned by the Kayes or the O'Connors.
  13. Mrs. Kaye, whose bird is not Walter or Yolanda, is married to either Chris or Dan, and she is not Faye or Jen.
  14. Heather's bird is not named Umberto or Walter, and it isn't the quail or the rhea. Her last name is not Madison or O'Connor.
  15. The penguin is not owned by Jen, Ernie, or Heather. Mr. O'Connor doesn't own the seagull or the tern, and his name isn't Al or Chris.
  16. Neither Al nor Mr. Kaye owns the tern. Chris's last name is not Kaye or Madison, and he does not own the rhea.
  17. Inga doesn't own a tern or a bird named Yolanda. She is not married to Ernie, and her last name isn't Laramie.
  18. Walter's male owner isn't Bert or Chris, and his female owner isn't Greta or Faye. He does not belong to the O'Connors.
  19. Neither Inga, Al, or Faye owns Umberto, whose family name isn't Kaye or Madison. Xavier doesn't belong to the Kayes or the Normans.
  20. Faye does not own the rhea, and Greta does not own the tern.