HT1386 iphone sync- contacts deleted

I just synced and updated my Iphone on ITunes and I see that I now have all of my wife's Iphone contacts, schedules, etc on mine.  In addition I've lost most of my contacts-  is there anyway to sync just my phone ??
Is there anyway I can get my old contacts back on my phone???
I'm kind of new to this and the Icloud, so please excuse if this is a dumb question.
thanks

If running Mavericks, local syncing for contacts/calendars has been removed. You use iCloud or a similar OTA syncing service.

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