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Re:The Mormon Church Is Building a Family Tree of the Entire... by zck on Friday October 17, 2014 @01:56AM (#8469601)
If someone doesn't have a child, are they not part of a family tree? They have no descendants, but certainly are part of a family.
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Re:The Mormon Church Is Building a Family Tree of the Entire... by clarkm on Friday October 17, 2014 @02:23AM (#8469671)
If you've ever done genealogy, you quickly realize that those individuals don't matter. People care most about people that they are descended from -- not their siblings or other non-lineal ancestors.

And while people recognize adoption, they often care more about their blood relatives. Hence, the proliferation of Y-chromosome and mtDNA genetic genealogy.

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