Family
On 23 November 1956, Wirthlin married Jeralie Mae Chandler in the LDS Church's Salt Lake Temple. They became the parents of eight children.
Wirthlin has several relatives who have held prominent leadership positions of the LDS Church. His father was the presiding bishop of the church from 1952 to 1961. His older brother, Joseph B. Wirthlin, was an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the church from 1986 to 2008. He is a first-cousin on his mother's side to Gordon B. Hinckley, president of the church from 1995 to 2008 and the one who appointed Wirthlin to be a general authority.
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