Do you have polygamous ancestors?

[SoonerCoug]

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.

This is awesome.

[RobinFinderson]

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.

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.

Hey RedSox, I'm a direct descendant of Brother Noble as well. I guess this means we shouldn't get married.

[Moliere]

Just remembered that MJ is related to Tyler Beck (the LB that will hopefully tear it up next year). They can trace their genealogy back to the same man but they came through different wives of that man.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Ancestors just don't get much more polygamous than mine.

[RobinFinderson]

Ancestors just don't get much more polygamous than mine.

My dad was a convert, but the Canadian side of my family (mom) all emigrated to practice polygamy. A bunch went to Mexico and a bunch went to Canada. I have dual citizenship as a result.

[Green Monstah]

Hey RedSox, I'm a direct descendant of Brother Noble as well. I guess this means we shouldn't get married.

Sorry, but I just scratched Little Robin from Little Red Soxette's list of potential suitors.

[Paperback Writer]

Sorry, but I just scratched Little Robin from Little Red Soxette's list of potential suitors.

When I was a kid, my family (parents and extended family) finally solved one of those puzzling genealogy issues that dealt with a death, remarriage, and new children added to an existing family in Utah territory. This discovery made my parents 5th cousins which made me and my siblings 6th cousins (or so I've been told).

[Green Monstah]

When I was a kid, my family (parents and extended family) finally solved one of those puzzling genealogy issues that dealt with a death, remarriage, and new children added to an existing family in Utah territory. This discovery made my parents 5th cousins which made me and my siblings 6th cousins (or so I've been told).

Funny story. My stepmom was giving an FHE lesson to all 12 of us (I have 1 bro, 3 sis, 2 step sisters, 4 step brothers and 1 half brother) on the temple using the Hymn "High on the Mountain Top". She told us, with quite a bit of pride, that she was a direct descendant of Joel H. Johnson, the man who penned the hymn. My dad said, "no Lucy, I'm a direct descendant of Joel H. Johnson, you got that mixed up." They had a little good-hearted back and forth, and then bolted to their genealogy files. Lo, and behold, my dad was wrong...he wasn't a descendant of Joel H., but was a descendant of his brother (Benjamin, maybe??). That has created countless jokes about our poor half brother who's family tree doesn't branch out quite as much as we'd like.

[Borderline Divine]

Capt. Cyrus Wheelock, he of the pepperbox pistol fame in Carthage jail. Also played a role in the Willey handcart tragedy. I'm from one of his five wives on pop's side of the tree.

We all believe with every fiber of our being that we come from the first wife.

[Uncle Ted]

Ancestors just don't get much more polygamous than mine.

I have always had this feeling that you were some kind of a break out from the FLDS or something.

[Uncle Ted]

When I was a kid, my family (parents and extended family) finally solved one of those puzzling genealogy issues that dealt with a death, remarriage, and new children added to an existing family in Utah territory. This discovery made my parents 5th cousins which made me and my siblings 6th cousins (or so I've been told).

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[Paperback Writer]

Capt. Cyrus Wheelock, he of the pepperbox pistol fame in Carthage jail. Also played a role in the Willey handcart tragedy. I'm from one of his five wives on pop's side of the tree.

We all believe with every fiber of our being that we come from the first wife.

My family line is also part of the Willie Handcart company tragedy. Related to the authority who sent them off to begin with, a survivor, and several ancestors who were part of the rescue party.

On my mission, I was companions with an Elder who had the same last name as my middle name. Turns out we were related, I was his g-g-g uncle or some such. When told my line was from the first wife, his reply was "oh yes...the ugly one." Of course, his line was through the 3rd wife or "pretty one". After my mission, that comment inspired me to do some genealogy research and I got photos of all four wives and none of them could be considered a beauty. My g-g grandmother was just as attractive or more so than any of the subsequent wives. Finally, I had a chance to ask my grandfather about it and he told me it was just a story that the ancestors of that wife liked to spread - "that she was more beautiful than the other wives".

[Borderline Divine]

The active LDS on this board can also resent me for another fact: Bishop Wheelock wrote the beloved hymn "O ye elders of Is-Re-Al" which I am told is not among the top ten most beloved hymns in the LDS hymnal.

On the plus side I'm told he made one hell of a of a rabbit stew.

[RobinFinderson]

Sorry, but I just scratched Little Robin from Little Red Soxette's list of potential suitors.

Hey RedSox, which wife do you descend from? I'm a descendant of Julia Rezetta Thurston, with whom Grandpappy Bates had FOUR children, and whom he eventually divorced.

[Green Monstah]

Hey RedSox, which wife do you descend from? I'm a descendant of Julia Rezetta Thurston, with whom Grandpappy Bates had FOUR children, and whom he eventually divorced.

You've reached the threshhold of my knowledge. Will ask my dad.