F.R.E. 803(19)

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Rule 803. Exceptions to the Rule Against Hearsay—Regardless of Whether the Declarant Is Available as a Witness

The following are not excluded by the rule against hearsay, regardless of whether the declarant is available as a witness:

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(19) Reputation Concerning Personal or Family History.

A reputation among a person’s family by blood, adoption, or marriage—or among a person’s associates or in the community— concerning the person’s birth, adoption, legitimacy, ancestry, marriage, divorce, death, relationship by blood, adoption, or marriage, or similar facts of personal or family history.

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