Family Search, owned by the LDS Church, adds same-sex couples to its database
A year and a half ago, FamilySearch.org projected it would include same-sex parents and same-sex couples in its genealogy website sometime in 2019 — and it has, with three weeks to spare.
The site, which is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced Tuesday that FamilySearch Family Tree now provides the ability for users to document same-sex family relationships.
The move does not, however, signal any change in the church’s steadfast doctrinal stance against same-sex marriage....