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Read Families

get
https://apibeta.familysearch.org/platform/tree/persons//families

Read the families for a specific person. The data returned includes the person, their spouses, the relationships to each spouse, their children, the relationships to each child, their parents, the relationships to each parent, their siblings, and the relationships for each sibling to each parent.

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Path Params
string
required

The id of the person whose families are to be retrieved. Can be a person from the main FamilySearch tree or from a user tree. To find an example person ID, see Search Tree Persons.

Query Params
string

true if source descriptions should be included in the response; false otherwise.

Headers
string
enum
required

Specifies the media type(s) that the client is willing to accept in the response.

Allowed:
Responses
200

The read was successful. See Person Schema (JSON)

204

Upon a successful read and no families exist.

301

If the person has been merged into another person.

404

If the person is not found.

410

If the person has been deleted.

429

The request was throttled.

Updated 11 days ago

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Updated 11 days ago