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LDS Church's FamilySearch Database to Add Same-Sex Families to Family Tree Feature

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Same-sex relationships, including same-sex parents and same-sex couples, will soon be provided in FamilySearch Family Tree.

The world's largest genealogy organization is redesigning FamilySearch.org so the LDS Church-sponsored database can store and provide records of same-sex families.

The major overhaul to the website's system should be ready by 2019, according to a brief news release posted online Wednesday.

The announcement said FamilySearch.org's goal is to capture accurate genealogy "that represents past, present and future families of the world."

Lead image from Deseret News
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