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why are there so few language options for names?

Seth Michael Dolginoff
Seth Michael Dolginoff ✭
June 11, 2022 in Suggest an Idea

how can we get them to add more language options? most of my ancestors had Hebrew and/or Yiddish names. i always have to press "other" :(

(also can we get a category for Education and for Preferred Name instead of having to choose between Alternate Name and Nickname?)

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    June 12, 2022

    Nearly three dozen choices is hardly "so few", but you're right that it's somewhat odd that they're missing Hebrew and Yiddish. There might be religious politics involved, unfortunately: FamilySearch is used for various LDS purposes that some other religions object to. (My personal opinion is that since I don't believe in their tenets, the rites they enact based on those tenets don't matter one whit to me or my relatives, but other people feel differently.)

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