diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 6f2f8f91b..70c354b88 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2006-11-25  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py: handle _UID for FAM structure (#0000505)
 	* src/docgen/ODFDoc.py: don't query mime type for ODT, since some systems
 	return only "ODT Document", which is kind of useless. Use OpenDocument Text
 	instead.
diff --git a/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py b/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py
index 7701be5c0..c6d85668d 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py
@@ -1297,6 +1297,11 @@ class GedcomParser(UpdateCallback):
 
             if self.level_is_finished(matches, 1):
                 break
+            if matches[1] == TOKEN__UID:
+                a = RelLib.Attribute()
+                a.set_type((RelLib.AttributeType.CUSTOM, matches[3]))
+                a.set_value(matches[2])
+                self.family.add_attribute(a)
             else:
                 func = self.family_func.get(matches[1], self.func_family_event)
                 func(self.family, matches, 2)