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Do you have any polygamous ancestors?
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75Yes66.67%50No17.33%13I might have polygamous ancestors, but I don't know for sure.12.00%9This doesn't really apply to me since my ancestors did not belong to a polygamous group.4.00%3That which may be asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence. -C. Hitchens
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One of my ancestors is one of the first men who was given the power to seal men to more than one wife (and was a polyg himself)--Joseph Bates Noble.Originally posted by SoonerCoug View Post
The other (that I'm aware of) is Jesse N. Smith. Anyone who is a) Mormon and b) has family ties to Snowflake, Arizona is likely a cousin of mine.Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.
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I'm seeing what your doing Sooner.
The next poll will be, how many sexual partners did your ancestor's have? Your a sly one Mr. Soon.Comment
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My grandfather was the child of a polygamist. He wasn't a big fan of it.Comment
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Pretty sure everyone is descended from at least one polygamist if you go back far enough (i.e. 20,000 years).Comment
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I am a child of God."Nobody listens to Turtle."-TurtlesigpicComment
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Are we talking about our more recent ancestors that were members of the LDS church or some mormon faction? Say, those in the last 200 years?
I am pretty sure my more recent ancestors were not polygamist. Both of my parents are converts and the first to join in their family. In fact, my ancestors were more in the anti-mormon camp especially on my father's side. I would have to guess I most likely have ancestors that were polygamists somewhere down the line given that some indian tribes practice polygamy and there was polygamy in the bible (Didn't Abraham have at least 3 wives?). The ancestors to humans most likely had multiple partners but maybe not any kind of formal marriage.Last edited by Uncle Ted; 02-07-2011, 06:47 PM."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!Comment
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Yes I do as do many people with lds anscestors in that time frame. I also have royalty on both sides of my family too. I am a descendent of King Henry the eight through one of his bastard daughters. Have bastard anscestors on other side of my family too.Comment
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But she was a royal bastard daughter. So you got that going for you. Which is nice.Originally posted by grapevine View Post"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!Comment
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Sure do."They're good. They've always been good" - David Shaw.
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.Comment
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Yep, got at least two from modern times. If you want to go way back then you can also count Abraham, Jacob, and Adam...but I'm sure there are more."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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polygamy isn't the same as polyamory.Originally posted by CardiacCoug View PostDio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
God forgives many things for an act of mercyAlessandro Manzoni
Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.
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On my Dad's side, and my Mom's side.
On my wife's Dad's side, and her mom's side.Comment
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You would have to ask my sisters since I'm leaving the genealogy work up to them.Comment
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As a kid at our family reunions we used to play games with the teams divided by which wife the person came from in our genealogy.
Doesn't get much creepier than that.So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.Comment
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