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Requirement

3. Interview a relative or family acquaintance

Required Often forgotten

Chosen with your parent or guardian's help, interviewed in person, by telephone, or by email or letter. Record what you collect so you do not forget it.

Notes and warnings

Note. Choose the person with your parent or guardian's help. The requirement ends with recording what you collect so you do not forget it, which is the part easy to leave out.

Where this step comes from

  1. Genealogy Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 3 · Asks for your parent or guardian's help in choosing, and for the information to be recorded.