I am aware of that and the projects are outside of LDS.
That is why they are on excavation in Mexico so they can co-opt some poor hapless no nothing tribe.
You mark my words by the end of next year they will announce they have discovered their bloodline and will be from one of their digs in southern Mexico.
Sorenson has gained the lead in potential bom sites. however the dna studies continue to dog his work - the only way he can continue the faith stories for the mormons are to keep their hopes up in finding something. In doing so, he digs himself deeper into a hole as other Central america archaeologic findings continue to contradict mormon legend.
However, they did try to claim semitic dna a while back. Their bubble burst when it was shown that the particular dna family was linked to mongolia and not the middle east.