Can you help with this question?

Family lives in rental property for primary residence (greater than 2 years).

Rental property gifted to family in current year.

Family (new owners) sell the home a few months after gifting takes place.

For capital gains treatment, they will get long term treatment since the property was held by the original owner (giftor) longer than 1 year.  

Question - can they count the years they lived in the house (prior to ownership/gifting) to meet the ownership/primary residence test for the 121 exclusion?