Numerous duplicats groups listed in my contacts onMacBook Air, iPadMini and iPhone.

I get numerous duplicated groups listed in my Contacts. The group names are listed repeatedly in my Contacts on my MacBook Air(2010) as well as my iPad mini and my iPhone 5C. I have been removing, deleting the duplicate groups one-by-one in my MacBook Air. This is tedious and I think the duplication is continuing. I also checked on iCloud and found that the duplications were there also.
My MacBook Air is 2010, Version 10.10, OS X Yosemite
1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory:2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Storage:26.19GBfreeof120.47GB
2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
iPad Mini
iPhone 5C

Hi there cam-I-am,
You may find the information in the article below helpful in resolving duplicate contacts.
If you see duplicate contacts after setting up iCloud Contacts
-Griff W.

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