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I have a question about the ancestry of Native Americans. I thought, that since genetic tests couldn't find a common ancestry between Jews and Native Americans, that modern LDS teaching is that while the descendants of the Lammanites lived (and still live, presumably) in America, the bulk of the Native Americans are descendants of people dispersed after the Flood (I think?), and not necessarily from Nephi et al. I don't want to change the article, because I'm not LDS, and I'm not sure about it, but I did want to ask if that part of this article was accurate. [[User:Kolbe|Kolbe]] 20:06, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
I have a question about the ancestry of Native Americans. I thought, that since genetic tests couldn't find a common ancestry between Jews and Native Americans, that modern LDS teaching is that while the descendants of the Lammanites lived (and still live, presumably) in America, the bulk of the Native Americans are descendants of people dispersed after the Flood (I think?), and not necessarily from Nephi et al. I don't want to change the article, because I'm not LDS, and I'm not sure about it, but I did want to ask if that part of this article was accurate. [[User:Kolbe|Kolbe]] 20:06, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
Regarding the ancestry of Native Americans, although you accurately state that genetic tests have failed to show any correlation between Jews and Native Americans (and have conclusively shown that Native Americans are in fact descended from Asians who crossed the Bering Straight), I know of no modern LDS teaching that changes this concept - at least not as an official teaching of the mainstream LDS church. Indeed, for the LDS church to do so would seriously undermine the Book of Mormon which is the foundation of the entire religion. Would inclusion of this (properly documented) information be considered neutral? Although factual, it could easily be considered disparaging to the LDS religion. If it were to be included, perhaps it could be put under a heading such as "Historicity", which could also house other aspects of BoM problems such as the lack of archaeological evidence and linguistic evidence etc. Is there any objection to such a section? [[User:Spotsbunch|Spotsbunch]] 9:10, 10 August 2009 (CST)
== Restored the proper title of the book which this article references; please do not remove or change. ==
== Restored the proper title of the book which this article references; please do not remove or change. ==