Ping
My family was polygamous on my fathers side. Brigham Young had honored my great great GF by instructing him to take four more wives as a commandment of sorts in from 1852-1857. (love those commandments)
Therefore, as a polygamist, GG GF married:
(2) Patience Perkins (1783-1862) in Salt Lake, 4 April 1852,
(3) Sally Maria Barber (1811- ) in Salt Lake, 7 April 1853,
(4) Mehitable Sawyer (1806-1886) in Salt Lake, 11 September 1857,
(5) Emma Nye (1837- ) in Salt Lake, 13 December 1862.
Additionally my Great Grandfather also had three wives.
Anyway, my mothers side had not experienced such grandeur from the prophet.
Here’s the funny remembrance: My mother had a meeting with me and my four brothers in which she admonished us to marry women with lines that were not connected to Weber County. She also told us to marry women with darker complexions.
I am certain this possibility is tied to eugenics which was actually being taught in the high school I attended from 1956-59. I also think it was very common knowledge among church members.
Just something for your “gee whiz” file.