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To: hoosiermama
BTW did you know that Huntsman is his cousin and that the Huntsman family fortune is intertwined with Bain/Romney?

Yes.

My own family's Lds roots go back 150+ years. With all of the polygamy that occurred, Mormon families are more interconnected relationally (at least by marriage) than most people imagine.

Joseph Smith's nephew, a "prophet" of the Mormon church -- Joseph F. Smith, married his cousin, a 16 yo when he was 22.

What's interesting is that Mitt Romney is the direct ancestor of two [count 'em two] Lds "apostles" -- both brothers Parley P. and Orson Pratt, four generations previous!

This was possible because Mitt's grandparents were cousins! (Gaskell Romney and Ann Amelia Pratt). Gaskell Romney's grandfather was Orson Pratt; Ann Pratt's grandfather was Parley P. Pratt.

For those wanting to see it on a brief generational chart, go here: Pratt-Romney family -- and then scroll down to the bottom.

(Now you see where the fLDS got the idea of intermarriage?)

321 posted on 02/02/2012 12:40:38 PM PST by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian

Saw the Huntsman Romney generational chart. Could you find it and post it for me.


322 posted on 02/02/2012 12:58:51 PM PST by hoosiermama (Stand with God: Newt, and Sarah will be right next to you.)
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