"Intermarriage among close relatives is producing children who have two copies of a recessive gene for a debilitating condition called fumarase deficiency. "It wasn't until I left the FLDS and moved away from the community that I realized I'd been to an unusually high number of funerals growing up in the Creek," says Alyssa Bistline over a crackling phone connection. Those twoand a fifth boyalso suffer from the condition that all of this family's sons were born with: x-linked hydrocephalus. ". Former Order members tell of babies being born nearly every week in the church. At least six of Merlin's incestuously conceived children in turn married half-siblings, couplings that subsequently produced children with various deformities, says Rowenna Erickson, an ex-member who left her polygamous husband. . . "Dr. Vinodh Narayanan, a pediatric neurologist at St. Joseph's Hospital, says he is seeking funding to develop a test that would allow public health officials to collect voluntary blood samples from as many FLDS members as possible. "It's believed that more than half the residents carry the recessive gene. Wyler says he once saw a fumarase deficiency child suffer a seizure while she was sitting with her mother and two other children also suffering from the disorder. Daniels ultimatum: Stay in The Order, date no one, and have no contact with family. I do not know what we would do if we had only one wife apiece. . When you pair up those undesirable genes, something strange will pop out.'. In it, black people come close to killing off the white race until they are countered by Native Americans, symbolized by a Red Horse, which gallops to the White Horses rescue. hello http://www.azcentral.com/health/news/articles/0209PolygamyBirthDefect09- http://www.childbrides.org/taxes_PNT_forbidden_fruit.html, http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy25.html. "Andrea's son, now 7, lives with his father, Jason Kingston--Andrea's half-brother--and Rosalind, his niece. I didnt even know the n-word was bad until I was like 15 or 16, she told Intelligence Report. . The battle took place in the spiritual pre-existence that Mormons believe all souls come from. Since the natural male-to-female ratio is roughly 50-50, the ratio must be manipulated so that there are more females than males for polygamy to work. They maintain a secretive but powerful presence in Utah's Salt Lake Valley, and their estimated 7,500. According to church lore, The Order came into existence when founder Charles Elden Kingston saw Jesus in the mountains above the familys settlement in Bountiful, Utah, inspiring him to create the DCCS in 1935. "Her book . The FLDS was formed by Mormons who refused to give up polygamy. If both parents carry the gene, the likelihood that their. . 'Her body tried to miscarry many, many times.'. That sister, too, dealt with a lot of respiratory problems with her kids, "because of the relation," Dawna explains. . . _____. . "', "'Joseph Smith was also selecting for the "obedience gene." He did not consider this lack of sons might be his genetic inheritance, not his multiple wives. . ", And despite the LDS Church's highly suspect claim of having genuinely abandoned the doctrine and practice of polygamy in 1890 (see D. Michael Quinn's historically-devastating essay that got him excommunicated for telling the truth, "LDS Church Authority and New Plural Marriages, 1890-1904," at: http://www.lds-mormon.com/quinn_polygamy.shtml), many Mormons, in fact, still believe that the practice of multi-wifing will someday be reinstituted "[b]ecause the doctrine is still part of official Mormon scripture (see 'Doctrine and Covenants,' Section 132). . . . This means it may be genetically unwise for children of the early leaders to marry other children of early leaders, even now; yet, this tendency still exists in Mormonism. Practice sets 1,000-member Kingston clan apart from other Utah polygamous been born with birth defects, among them one born with two vaginas and two The polygamous town facing genetic disaster Apr 03, 2020 In a remote region of the US, a town is struggling with a chilling health crisis caused by a recessive gene. LGBT people fare little better in the Kingston clan. "When [my cousin] died, my childish vow surfaced and I began to look into my family history for some answers. "Victims suffer a range of symptoms, including severe epileptic seizures, inability to walk or even sit upright, severe speech impediments, failure to grow at a normal rate, and tragic physical deformities. "This gene cluster effect happens when people with common ancestors marry and bear children. "Of the Kingstons, Williams says: 'There is not much you can do about them. . Home births and the frequency of miscarriages and still-borns among the Kingstons have led to macabre legends of dead infants buried in Kingston back yards. deficiency. "For Colorado City and Hildale to avoid more fumarase, polygamist leaders must use their authority to make sure that those potentially carrying the fumarase gene are not allowed to marry, says geneticist Aleck. died of multiple sclerosis, also leaving a family of small children behind. 'I know this off the top of my head," Wyler says. Initially, she tried to conceal her marital relationship. 'I try in my own, quiet way and tell them to outbreed. We havent gotten any big U.S. contracts, Young explained. _____, --Conclusion: Mormonism is Sick--and So (Genetically Speaking) Are the Faithful Followers of the LDS Legacy of Blood-Poisoned Polygamy. That's still gross." He believed he had superior bloodlines.' The most common birth defects for children born of close cousins, anywhere, are: harelip, cleft palate, clubfoot, and certain forms of heart valve conditions. The son of Pauls sister Rachel herself a daughter of Ortell and LaDonna Kingston Young was the only current member of the Kingston clan, out of the many contacted for this story, who consented to a live, on-the-record interview. . '", (John Dougherty, "Forbidden Fruit: Inbreeding Among Polygamists Along the Arizona-Utah Border is Producing a Caste of Severely Retarded and Deformed Children," in "Phoenix New Times," 29 December 2005, at: http://www.childbrides.org/taxes_PNT_forbidden_fruit.html) . "'My mother should not have produced another baby," says Rugg, also Isabell and John Ortell's daughter and the baby's full sister. The enzyme irregularity causes severe mental retardation, epileptic seizures and other effects that often leaves children unable to take care of themselves. They ought to be ashamed of such conduct, and the still fouler channel which flows from their practices; and it is not to be wondered at that they should envy those who so much better understand the social relations. "The rate at which Kingstons marry each other is 'frightening,' she says. "Fumarase deficiency is caused by a lack of the fumarase enzyme, an essential component in a biological process called the Krebs cycle, which converts food into energy within each cell. . One recent morning [John Ortell's niece and third wife, Mary Gustafson] defended her complicity in arranging her daughters' marriages to their half-brothers, sons of John Ortell and LaDonna. Faced with the forced marriage to an uncle, Rugg left the Kingstons. . 5, p. 22, "Brethren, I want you to understand that it is not to be as it has been heretofore. Tarby. . . Barlow/Jessop descendants carry the recessive gene that causes fumarase. . ". 'We can only treat the complications of the disorder,' Aleck says. "Yet, Aleck says, some children are more seriously affected by the disorder than others. "I remembered the studies conducted on my brother and I as children at the University of Utah . "It's doesn't stop anybody," Dawna says. "'My father manipulated and controlled people,' Rugg says. "And my oldest daughter, she's 18 and she's dated a couple of my cousins, which makes them her second cousins, and we're like, Eww, that's gross.". "Have you ever heard of the term The Turkey Baster?" Even if a genetic screening test were available, Wyler says, Jeffs would have to be cautious about how he allowed it to be implemented. Consequently, genetic diseases and mutations have inevitably sprouted in many polygamous groups having this belief. requote from Steve's excellent post ! "Outside, people don't die that often, and usually they're really old.". There are also graves lacking any dates whatsoever. A simple urine test will reveal. . That's the big problem.' "The discoveries and research within my own kindred so alarmed me that I studied other descendants of polygamy to see if their families also suffered from crippling illnesses. Some of these marriages will include parents who both are carriers of the fumarase deficiency gene, making it certain that more children will be afflicted with the disease. [N]ew disease classifications belong at the door of the Mormon Church leadership. The Kingstons are a Mormon splinter group, founded in the 1930s by Mary's great-uncle Elden. "It is important that Mormons fight the tendency to discount history and the actions of their leaders in favor of a faith- promoting history while neglecting important facts. ", ("Mormon Polygamy: Frequently Asked Questions," at: http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/polygamy_summary.htm). . There are also accounts of dead babies being buried at the Holy Spot, a tree-shrouded patch of land across the street from a grade school in Bountiful, just north of Salt Lake City. "I never knew if I carried this deadly disease or if any preventative measures would halt its insidious march. The Cooperative itself was established in 1935. _____, --Case Study in Mormon-Moored Mutation: Utah's Mormon Offshoot Kingston Clan. "The leaders must also understand the ethical considerations of continuing behavior, he says, that is bringing children into the world who suffer tragic deformities. Another is a first cousin. Dawna says that, when people refer to what's going on over in the Cane Beds, they say it's probably another turkey baster situation. Naming a father could expose the truth, unveil secrets of paternity and subject the clan to further scrutiny from those who don't approve of incest. Once a baby is born with the condition, Aleck says, 'You really can't treat the underlying disorder.' "Last year, a 16-year-old daughter of John Daniel Kingston was forced to marry her uncle, David Ortell Kingston, criminal charges allege, . Some outside the church have referred to the group as "the Kingston Clan" or the "Kingston Cult," although leaders believe that these terms are "inaccurate and derogatory." . I promised myself to find out the truth when I grew up. As far as how you end up in heaven, thats up to God.. . . So many young people.'. when doctors pronounced us a special and important family. 'In the meantime, the taxpayers have to pay the bills. The company was founded in 2007 with an investment from family members. . ", (Bruce, R. McConkie,'Mormon Doctrine,' 2nd ed., under "Plural Marriage" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, Inc., 1966], p. 578) . . "Although it is a felony under Utah law for close relatives to have sex, only one Kingston--John and LaDonna's fifth son, David Ortell--has been criminally charged with incest. Readily accepted as a problem among mothers past the age of 35, it is rarely discussed as a problem when fathers are over 35, let alone 80. . "When ancestors are revered as prophets and kings, it is difficult to admit or examine the possibility of this legacy. But now that it was appearing in two children in the same family was an indication it was being spread by a gene that was getting passed to the children by their parents. "Of even greater concern was the fact that the recessive gene that triggers the disease was rapidly spreading to thousands of individuals living in the community because of decades of inbreeding. It has become the subject of increased scrutiny. Brigham Young calling some one else a thief especially "women thieves" ABSOLUTE HILARITY ! The FLDS started out as a few fringe families in the late 1890s; as more seeking to follow the principal of plural marriage moved to the polygamous towns in the early-to-mid 20th century, the gene pool grew, but by the 90s, under the stricter control of prophet Rulon Jeffs (Warren's father), they were tightening up and selectively marrying and breeding in a sort of misfired eugenics experiment that ultimately yielded its own genetic disorder: fumarase deficiency (FD), otherwise known as Polygamist Down's. for Nathanael Allred's baby. "Marriages among first and second cousins have been common for decades in the community, where religious doctrine requires men to have at least three wives to gain eternal salvation. Rather than submit to DNA tests, which could have revealed the incest in his brood, he coughed up a more than $200,000 settlement. soon . "'They claim to be the chosen people, the chosen few,' Bistline said. "The children afflicted with fumarase deficiency from these three marriages include the grandchildren of Dan Barlow and his brother, the late Louis Barlow, and Merill Jessop, a top aide to fugitive prophet Warren Jeffs. 'They just don't worry about the effects of intermarriage.'. But given that the Kingstons command an estimated 6,000 adherents, boast a business empire reportedly worth as much as $1 billion and have outlasted myriad bouts with law enforcement and the press, these dreams of world domination may be less delusional than they first seem. 'It's a bomb that's going to explode.'. Black people supposedly suffered from multiple scriptural curses, from the mark of Cain and Noahs curse on Ham in the Old Testament to the racist tenets of early Mormonism that have since been renounced or abandoned by the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the LDS or Mormon church. . According to church lore, Charles "Elden" Kingston founded The Order after seeing Jesus in a cave. 5, p. 22. . Let's revisit the boastful words of Mormon Church Prophet John Taylor and Mormon Church Apostle Heber C. Kimball, both quoted earlier: -Taylor, "Millennial Star," vol. ("Doctrine & Covenants," Section 132, verses 55, 62-63), "Joseph Smith also testified an angel with a sword came to him many times and commanded him to practice polygamy or else he would lose his life. Also known as the LDCJC, the Kingston Clan, and The Order, it is a religious organization created by members of the Davis County Cooperative Society or DCCS in 1977. They can't sit up. Theyre basically the Utah Mafioso of the white power world, Browning told Intelligence Report. If both parents carry the gene, the likelihood that their offspring will be affected by the disease or become carriers of the gene greatly increases, medical experts say. By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy & to receive electronic communications from Vice Media Group, which may include marketing promotions, advertisements and sponsored content. . and cousins. The parents said their daughter had cerebral palsy. My great-grandfather, like scores of English immigrants eager to escape a life of poverty, . If the FLDS faithful believed that Jeffs was relying on science to determine marriages rather than divine revelation from God, he could lose control of the church. . . Or was it true no one knew the answers, because they could not be known, because no one wanted to know? "Dr. Theodore Tarby has treated many of the children at clinics in Arizona under contracts with the state. Consanguinity also causes rare recessive disorders to mask as dominant. 'He wanted to control his children and grandchildren through genetics. 'Most of what you print is lies, lies, lies.' greatly increases, medical experts say. . Paul would rather have the wealth and the money than the isolation and the conflict, he said. . All of the gay people would definitely be the first to go, he said. Dont the infant deaths and tales of horrific deformities belie Ortells homespun eugenics? Many members of the fundamentalist community don't even know it's occurring. . "Fast-forward . Blacks were the less valiant people in heaven who sat on the sidelines while others took sides, according to The Order. "Fumarase deficiency began to manifest in the community when three sets of Joseph Smith Jessop and Martha Moore Yeates' great-grandchildren married each other. . "'They are discouraging any new blood," historian Bistline says. She knows that they're. on the history of the fundamentalist community. I wonder aloud. "Nearly everyone in Colorado City, Arizona, and the adjacent town of Hildale, Utah, was a member of a fundamentalist Mormon sect that practices polygamy and had long encouraged multiple marriages between close relatives. . Everyone knows it's happening, few talk about it unprompted, it just sort of..is. Mormons, however, take care to denounce the FLDS "polygs" as having absolutely no relation to their Latter Day Saints. This is inadequate information for purposes of establishing the true incidence of consanguinity within a family or community. "Genealogists and especially epidemiologists must be scrupulous in identifying all the wives and children of any polygamist man. 'Right now, we are just looking at the tip of the iceberg.'. I tell her I'm not sure, given the context. . 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