A Reputation Concerning Personal or Family History includes which of the following subjects?

• A. Birth, adoption, legitimacy, ancestry, marriage, divorce, death, and related facts
• B. Current employment status
• C. Opinions about a party’s credibility
• D. The value of real property

Answer: (A)

Reputation evidence about a person’s or family’s history focuses on fundamental life events and relationships. The subjects listed—birth, adoption, legitimacy, ancestry, marriage, divorce, death, and related facts—are exactly the kinds of personal or family history facts that populate this category. They establish or corroborate background and identity rather than speaking to current status, credibility, or property. The other options fall outside this area: employment status concerns work life, opinions about credibility are about a witness’s character, and the value of real property relates to possessions, not personal or family history.