Add "famous relatives" from other countries
When I have a look at the "famous relatives" which are shown (and which are not shown) to me I think the selection might be a bit America centered.
Here are some examples of relatives which might be not so well known in Amreica, but who most Germans would probably consider as "famous":
- the philosopher Friedrich Nitzsche M9GK-1YZ
- the Bundespäsident of Germany Richard von Weizsäcker LKW9-TGF
- the resistance fighters against Hitler Carl Friedrich Goerdeler LZPF-95F
- the resistance fighter against Hitler Helmut James Graf von Moltke 9F6F-975
etc.
Perhaps familysearch might collect suggestions from other countrys which persons are regarded as famous there? Is the catalogue of persons regarded as famous displayed somewhere?
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If we define "famous" = present on Wikipedia, then adding other people could be automated. Core person details are stored in Wikidata with many additional attributes. One of these attributes is FamilySearch person ID. If my Wikidata query is correct, it shows 1754 people with this attribute, however, this list can be extended as Wikidata can be freely edited. Once set, FS could somehow sync these people. Every famous person could also be easily linked to a related Wikipedia article.
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I've looked to see if someone has compiled a list of people in the Famous Relatives activity in the past, but never found one.
I'm honestly not sure if they've ever updated who is shown in the activity. I've never noticed anyone being added to the list it shows me. That would explain why it's so US centric--if it was developed in the US, and updates were few or nonexistent, then it would probably only list people who are famous in the US. They probably should've fixed that by now, though.
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