Python: How to loop through blocks of lines

Question

How to go through blocks of lines separated by an empty line? The file looks like the following:

ID: 1
Name: X
FamilyN: Y
Age: 20

ID: 2
Name: H
FamilyN: F
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Answer 1

simple solution:

result = []
for record in content.split('\n\n'):
    try:
        id, name, familyn, age = map(lambda rec: rec.split(' ', 1)[1], record.split('\n'))
    except ValueError:
        pass
    except IndexError:
        pass
    else:
        result.append((familyn, name, age))