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My blogs
| Introduction | In the summer of 2009 I posted a genetic report (tracing my lineage, based on markers in my y-chromosome) on my family's web site. At the time all of my family were active Latter-day Saints, and the genetic test traced my deep ancestry all the way back to Africa (which should surprise no one who has studied human evolution), not Missouri. With the report I posted a lengthy forewarning that the test raises troubling questions for Mormons. Those of my family who responded to my post unanimously agreed that it was not appropriate because it was too provocative. They suggested I start a blog to discuss such things somewhere else (i.e., a safe distance from their awareness). This blog is probably not what they had in mind, but my family's response inspired me to do something constructive about the tragedy that we live in a world that is largely hostile to evidence that challenges superstition. In an irregular recording of family history, here I tell the true story of my maturation out of Mormonism. |
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