Dynamo "Get Family Parameter" returns a string instead of a parameter?

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Hello, I am trying to read an instance’s family’s parameter from within a Dynamo script. Similar to this topic: https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-the-family-parameters-using-dynamo/66631/3

The Get Family Parameter block seems to be the right choice to select the family parameter I am interested in reading.

However, when I pass the Get Family Parameter output into other blocks to read its name and value, they throw a warning saying that the type they received was not a parameter, but was a String:
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This is unexpected because the Get Family Parameter block help says it to outputs a Parameter, not a String:
"Outputs

Parameter
The selected Parameter"

Can anyone explain the correct way to use Get Family Parameter? Or is there a better way to read the value of a Family Parameter?

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Hi @jonathanJC32L, welcome to the community. I hope this can help:
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Thanks, that was what I was missing. Get Family Parameter outputting a string works great now because you found those blocks that accept a Parameter Name string.

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