Posted by:
CrispingPin
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Date: January 18, 2023 09:06AM
For those of you who were born into a multigenerational Mormon family, how many generations are you removed from polygamy?
In my case, it’s only one. My maternal grandfather (AKA my mom’s dad) had 10 wives. Each wife lived in a separate house (no sister wife situations), and each household lived in poverty. All of the marriages were post-manifesto, but all were performed by church leaders. My grandfather’s first marriage was not in the temple, but one (possibly two) of his subsequent marriages were.
I never knew my polygamous grandfather (he died when I was an infant). I didn’t know about this part of my family’s history until I was an adult. I never asked my mom anything about her father because I assumed it would be a sensitive topic. I assume she couldn’t have had much of a relationship with her father (considering the fact that he split his time among 10 households) but I regret not asking my mom about it when she was alive.