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In reply to the discussion: Obama's mom was not really "white" [View all]enlightenment
(8,830 posts)43. It is not associated with the LDS church.
FamilySearch.org is the official genealogical datesearch website for the LDS church.
Ancestry is a purely commercial venture. The church does not officially collect; disseminate; or record the data that is posted by users, nor can users use Ancestry to record data for the 'official' LDS records, as they can through FamilySearch.
Just because Ancestry was started by a couple of Brigham Young grads with church data (and for years, the LDS church had the best data collection available) does not make them associated with the church. Nor does the fact that their corporate offices are in Utah make an association.
Do you know anything about genealogy? Or the LDS church? Or the development of international commercial corporations?
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Not anywhere, really. Race is a social construct. It has no biological meaning.
antigone382
Jul 2012
#8
Love that last point: there's more variation WITHIN a "racial" group than there is BETWEEN them.
patrice
Jul 2012
#38
And the genetic material that accounts for "race" is a minute fraction of a person's whole genome. n
patrice
Jul 2012
#44
In a very general sense you can, but intermarriage is not at all a new thing.
antigone382
Jul 2012
#64
Isn't this more important to the black community who see a difference between blacks who are
dkf
Jul 2012
#22
Stupid of Ancestry.com to research it and to publish it. Makes it look like they're
sinkingfeeling
Jul 2012
#16
It's a misfire because it implies that all Virginians are related to John Punch
CJCRANE
Jul 2012
#36
It's not impossible but the chances for this being correct are very very slim
struggle4progress
Jul 2012
#54