ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,878, issued on June 10.

"Trait-based related persons systems and methods" was invented by Steven Gray (Holladay, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples a method of diagnosing family traits is describe. the method may include, identifying family members and recording information regarding the identified family members in a first database. In some examples, the identified family members may include at least some living persons from different immediate families. sharing access to the first database with living identified family members. The method may further include updating the recorded information regarding the identifi...