diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 8d9bdfaf7..7cb6680c6 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-02-24  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/RelLib/_Person.py (Person.get_handle_referents): Add
+	birth_ref and death_ref to the list of referents.
+
 2006-02-23  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/EditEventRef.py: switch to monitored widgets, place selector
 	* src/EventEdit.py: switch to monitored widgets, place selector
diff --git a/gramps2/src/RelLib/_Person.py b/gramps2/src/RelLib/_Person.py
index e3050a22d..c82825178 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/RelLib/_Person.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/RelLib/_Person.py
@@ -330,8 +330,9 @@ class Person(PrimaryObject,SourceNote,
         @return: Returns the list of objects refereincing primary objects.
         @rtype: list
         """
+        birth_death = [item for item in [birth_ref,death_ref] if item]
         return self.get_sourcref_child_list() + self.source_list \
-               + self.event_ref_list
+               + self.event_ref_list + birth_death
 
     def set_complete_flag(self,val):
         warn( "Use set_marker instead of set_complete_flag", DeprecationWarning, 2)