We have some family members of the Morman faith, but not many. It was interesting to me to find a family on my husband's side who believed in plural marriage and practiced it. I don't have a problem with plural marriage as long as the parties involved are of age and want to be a part of that lifestyle. I have to admit I don't understand it. I'm not sharing my husband and he is well aware of that! :)
When I attended the genealogy conference I met several Morman attendees. Makes sense, right? The conference was in Salt Lake City. As one of the attendees and I visited about DAR she informed me that DAR would not allow her to join because her mother was not the 1st wife of the war ancestor's descendant. I was appalled. What difference does it make? What if the first wife had died and this was a second wife? (My membership is through a second wife as the first wife died.) Again, what difference does it make as long as my new friend can prove her relationship to the ancestor? I called DAR when I returned home. Apparently DAR did not allow this in the past. But like many other things in our lives, opinions change as time passes. I notified my new friend to submit her paperwork. She is going to let me know how things go for her.
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