there's a difference between breeding within your own population and actual "inbreeding". There are millions of mormons and they don't marry close relatives like some cultures. The look she's referring to is classically attractive with none of the genetic abnormalities that inbreeding causes
Actually far less than you'd think. Former Mormon who has done a lot of research. If I remember correctly, at it's height it was below 10% of men. And most who were still only had 2-3 wives. 100-200% more wife than what should be expected at a time. But not how many imagine.
Can you imagine the suffering of any human being with a modicum of actual intelligence snd compassion born into that cult and stuck with it in the old days
@@navarrenavarre she's just trying to warn people not to join sectarian fundamentalist extremists cults. Which, let's be honest, is way more than the sectarian fundamentalist extremist cult leaders ever did for humanity
Oh yeah, both my grandparents on my mom’s side are from polygamist families. Grandma was born in colonial Juarez but then they moved back to southern UT after statehood. There are some traits, facial features that standout as Mormon.
You look like my beautiful friend, Ericka Hogg. She was a traveler from a big Mormon family in Idaho. She went missing a few years ago, so it’s nice to see a little glimpse of her smile in your face. She was funny and impish and brave as hell.
Women are supposed to look like "stereotypical Barbies," that is, slim with big breasts, shiny pink lips, big blue eyes, long blonde hair, etc. Tattoos and piercings are not part of the look.
It's not about allowing plastic surgery. When they started heavily telling us no tats n one piercing, plastic surgery wasn't a problem. 90s However, it would be obviously quite problematic to speak on body issues like plastic surgery. My friend's wife recently had one and he told me she really wanted it. They had reached finally period of financial success and so why not? I said as long as SHE wanted it. I've heard of people's husbands suggesting it and that's a (insert vomit emoji).
I grew up in utah as a hispanic, dark haired, somewhat dark skinned woman and this was the beauty standard I, too, was measured up to my entire life. Only now, in my 40s, am I seeing my heritage and culture for the beauty that it is.
Similar situation for me, but in the UK. I was openly called ugly/ unattractive a few times and was often made to feel that way in some Mormon social gatherings with people my age, growing up. My sisters and other black women I know have had similar experiences - and as a result went inactive, despite being raised in the church.
As an individual it's foreign to me to accept someone else's beauty standards as my own. What I find pretty is what I find pretty and no one else change my mind. For example no one can convince me lin lips are pretty the same way no one can convince me an over sized lips are pretty.
thank you for making this - growing up as a Christian, Mormonism was a huge question mark; some people called it a cult or a heresy and other people tentatively accepted it, but no one really knew what they were talking about it’s nice to have kinda all my questions answered (and many i never knew i should’ve had) and now have the information to inform my understanding of Mormonism, so thank you
I was raised Roman Catholic, and the most common belief was that Mormons weren't Christians. Ironically enough, Muslims were considered a form of Christian, but not Mormons.
@@IchorOfTheManndrakenever have I ever heard that from any Catholic, Christian, Muslim, or in between. Whoever raised you up in the faith is or was lost beyond measure. Seeing as both “religions”, blaspheme the very nature of Christianity, that is to say, the gospel. (Joseph smith names all prior doctrines an abomination, Muhammed orders the execution of all infidels and notes polytheists, which Muhammed believes are Christians. Fun fact, those are his “final orders” before his death.)
An updated version should mention that the initial gene pool of Mormons came in very high concentrations from the British Isles and Scandinavia (Denmark in particular).
I grew up in LA but went out to Utah for therapy and ended up staying there for a few years. The Mormon culture is definitely real. It took me months to get used to how similar all the women looked. I dated a Mormon girl while I was out there and she had so many weird insecurities that I didn't even know someone could have. It seems like a really difficult culture to grow up in.
@@phoenixhenson3689 no one should be talking to anyone about leaving their religion because they think it’s not real, I’m Mormon and I have a strong faith in the church, you have your own opinions and if you think that the church is fake then so be it but don’t try to ex-communicate the people that do believe
@@Shannon-sf9bt Mormonism is a Cult! Im sorry but the truth hurts. When you learn something from an early age and thats all you have ever known its hard to break away from that.Look at all of her videos she explains ALL of the inconsistencies
I'm a basic normie Christian from Canada and your channel has been so cool to watch and learn about the more strict and specific-to-America types of religion (I'm sure there are communities up here too but I've never seen them personally) I found you through the Heretic video because I am always down for horror movie analysis 🙏💕
When I was attending Lamaz classes with my then wife for the birth of our first son, the nurse giving the class said there was a study on why there were so many birth defects in Graham county Arizona. While attending Lamaz class for my second son, two years later, we were told why. The Mormons that settled the valley's offspring could all trace their heritage back to two families. I'm talking babies born with partial ears, no arms etc.
No, it's because of living on year-old oatmeal. If you don't get it, Mormons are told to keep a year of food in their house. The way they often do it is by keeping a huge stock of basics which they are constantly rotating by eating the oldest first. I don't think they usually keep much of a stock of separate emergency food. Not most families. In reality, there could be other factors involved than inbreeding. Blaming fall out from nuclear tests has become a cliche, but Graham County got its share from the Nevada above-ground nuclear tests. If the families ate all locally-grown food, that could have something to do with it too if there was radioactive material in the soil or if the soil was deficient in certain minerals. It's not a good idea to practice that kind of inbreeding though. The Amish, who now number about 400,000, apparently are descended from several hundred original settlers, and they have some genetic problems. The eight million _Quebecois_ apparently are largely descended from about 5000 original French settlers. That number is large enough that they do not seem to have genetic problems. They probably have intermarried with other people considerably in their history also.
This is a reason I'm grateful I'm ex-mormon. My kids all have a better chance at finding a non-mormon partner and moving away from inbred genetics. Now we just gotta move away from Utah before they turn 16.
@@keyisme1356 I can't commend you enough. Well done. May God always bless you. This goes for all religious groups. Jesus himself said that many would come in his name and mislead many. I come from a big family, I mean big! and all in one religious group. I've know for ages that inbreeding will be the fall for these pious, sex craved, arrogant people. Get away, far away and enjoy life. Make friends of normal people and let your kids develop as normally as possible.
When I worked with individuals who had severe developmental disabilities at the Utah State Developmental Center, I learned Utah had a higher than average percentage than other states because of that exact reason. Massive Mormon family with 10 kids might have one or two that lost the genetic lottery and ended up kind of tucked away and forgotten. My sociology professor at U of U even talked about it.
Wow it must have been tough to work with a community that still prefers to hide disabled family members, knowing how much it can affect their quality of life
Forcing "inbreeding", while there are 7+billions of people on the planet sounds like a massive abusive behavior next to incest. The consequences - a lot of disabled people, suffering from genetic diseases, - innocent victims of such wild practices 😢
the same is true for ashkenazi jews! a couple thousand years of living isolated from others and only marrying one another, as well as genetic bottlenecks due to persecution will do that. my dna test showed how even though ashkenazis are mostly of european descent, they have distinctly different dna from other goy europeans. that’s why ashkenazi jews often have a distinct look separate from just white european. i also have more dna relatives than most other ethnic groups for the same reason.
Of course it is true... but still In general Jews are also, in their own way, a curious illustration of the naivety of the ideas of "racial purity" and other such "traditional values" - a culturally and religiously isolated group, in which marriages with non-Jews are generally religiously forbidden, and belonging to Jews is determined by one's mother. And yet Ashkenazi Jews look a lot like Germans, and Ethiopian Jews look like Ethiopians...
Shelise Ann Sola on C2C says she can always pick a Mormon out of the crowd, and it's absolutely true. There is a look and a specific dialect/speech pattern. And unless they're influencers (ZERO chance those women are wearing garments as required), they're typically dressed similarly as well. Luckily for you, you have the pretty Mormon face!
So many influencers don't wear their garments and when confronted about it they either completely ignore the question or state that "it is their own testament with Jesus" or some other BS. Read: they tithe so much that their ward and bishop turn a blind eye to it.
@@Trackpad12Nahh it was because she was a different culture. My BF( a professional woman) moved to Idaho also has is run by Mormon's. She is Italian...dark hair & brown eyed. She called me the Sunday thst she arrived to tell me how a security guard followed her around a store fearing she'd steal something.
@@LB-wg7to I believe this because thats where I live Idaho. The church I attended was in Rexburg, the college there only accepts mormons. Thankfully now I live in a big city in Boise but they are for sure super judgy and “culty”.
Breast implants caused me terrible inflammation. I had my saline implants removed after 13 years. I hope Mormon women educate themselves on possible BII before implantation.
I'm not Mormon but as a small breasted woman I struggle with the idea of getting implants at least once a week since I was 13... But last week I realized I'd have to go through multiple surgeries in life if I got them and I got scared haha
@@shironerisilki use to struggle with my breast too but now that I’m 33 I’m grateful. I can go braless whenever, my boobs dont sag nor I do have back pain (the amount of women I hear complaining about their boobs sagging at a curtain age and back pain) they are still perky, and like someone else said you look younger. Once you learn to accept your body as it is you start appreciating it, and gaining confidence. Hope this helps 💕
@@rubylove9475-sagging definitely is a problem for small chested women too. My small breasts were wonderful and perky. Hated them in my teens but appreciated them in my 20s. Now I’m in my mid 30s with 3 kids under my belt. Let me tell you, the girls sag. And the sagging was noticeable immediately after my first was born. I looked in the mirror as soon as I could walk after delivery and laughed at what I saw. Breastfeeding all 3 for a year each didn’t help I’m sure. Nor did a 2 year age gap between each pregnancy. I’ve found that for me, the key to it all is to have a sense of humor about it. I can appreciate and poke fun at my deflated balloons lmao
@@shironerisilkplease dont ruin those gorgeous I B T T s . Not every man wants a milk cow for a partner! You'll find one . ,dont let society mind f-] your body .
My moms side is from Utah! So true!!! My great grandmother used to brag all the time that we are direct descendants of Brigham Young. Therefore, we are Mormon Royalty. RIP grandma, but knowing my history and being able to think for myself(not so easily brainwashed), that's NOT something I'm proud of. 🙄
@lyndsaybrown8471 I swear they more than likely can! 🤣 I used to point that out all the time to her. I would say: "I love you grandma, but the things he did were not too christ like at all. Not to mention, he had like 100 kids and settled the state, and with all the insest going on... I'm sure at the very least, 90% of Utah mormons could trace their lineage back to Brigham Young." 😏 She would just chuckle and do the hand gesture, like be gone. Bless that woman, I miss her and although I did not buy into the religion, she never treated me any different.
@@kristinab1078 If one tunes in to the internationalmormon conferences one can easily catch the long words- slow sentences of old English(bible) and way of talking in an even robotic tone. Kind of like an Islamic prayer. After a couple seconds one can easily identify
i grew up in colorado around a bunch of mormons. there’s absolutely a look, but my favorite part is the mormon accent and speech patterns. never in my life has someone from colorado ever pronounced it “melk” except for the mormons.
When finally I got brave to go to a mass in a Catholic Church I got so in love with so much diversity! People’s all colors and race ! It was the most beautiful day since I got in Utah ! I’m forme Mormon.
Guess you should have visited an Alaskan ward?! We had/ have Hawaiian Polynesian, Tongan, Samoan, Black, Philippino's, Alaskan native, and white. However, basing your testimony on how much color variety of congregation is mixed, probably wasn't your real reason for leaving. Don't base your own beliefs on other people. Have a great day
It's a testimony that the Catholic Church literally means the Universal Church- for everyone -that's why the official language of the Church is the dead language Latin (other than the languages of the many specific rites within the overall Church) so that anyone from any background can just learn the Latin of the Mass- unchanging Latin. They will then feel at home at a Catholic Mass regardless of their native tongue- because they are.
Omg I’m so glad you said this! Being born and raised in Utah among Mormons ( my dads side as well) they all looked alike I would get made fun of in school and every person I went to school with looked like “a Mormon” I was bullied and called disgusting bc my skin was tan and they would call me dirty. I never ever felt comfortable in school I graduated in 98’ so Utah I can say has come such a long long way! Still get the occasional rude person but most ppl are so kind to everyone and so much more diversity! I’m so glad you are doing this channel to educate ppl about the religion. They also told me I would never see my mom in heaven bc she was catholic (I was 7 yrs old) so thanks for educating ppl on these things I have known about a lot from ex mormon friends who got married and I was blown away when the whole marriage ceremony was explained. Sorry so long! ❤much love from Ogden
I once asked someone if she was from Utah, she asked how I knew I said you look Mormon. The thing is I have Mormon cousins (uncle came from Denmark married my aunt she converted) and they all look like Utah Mormons too. And they're from California. So I'm guessing it's the Denmark ancestry?
Because when Smith made up his bullshit religion, cosmetic surgery hadn't been invented yet. And Mormons can drink soda with caffeine, but not coffee or tea, for the same reason.
Coffee wasn't always excluded from "Word of Wisdom" - a guide to dietary intake. I want to say it was updated in the 1910s or 1920s but I don't know for sure when. I believe it was an attempt to keep up with the scientific literature at the time which stated that hot drinks were unhealthy. Tea is on the list as well, but I've heard that exceptions are made for missionaries serving in other countries where tea is more prominent. It gets pretty ticky tacky because there isn't a hard rule and it doesn't get you excluded from any church activities. And the cosmetic surgery thing hasn't been publicly addressed as far as I know. I think Utah, specifically, has a lot of women doing it. I think that's more of a status symbol/body image problem.
In the rural parts of the state it’s unusual. Perfection and appearance are a hyper focus for the American culture over all- Mormons get sucked in too.
@@shawntailor5485 Funny, the only one that married a blond haired, blue eyed mormon still popped out a handful of kids with strong Peruvian features and nary a natural blonde in the bunch.
Smith cult is terrifying 😳 I used to live in Oregon, and met a lot of refugees from the Smith theocracy. It's crazy how much power the many cults all over the world still have over humanity in the year 2024, and so much unnecessary chaos and suffering around the world caused by sectarian fundamentalism. Never once do any of the cult leaders ever even utter a single word about the colossal cost organized "religion" incurs to humanity. According to the cult leaders, it's all just "pure light" but the reality is ongoing dark ages over humanity.
Smith cult, Mohammed cult, Paul cult and many other cult are terryfing and so much unnecessary chaos and sufferings, I think these kind of cult religion are the real satanism and created by some globalist just for their power and money, it is not truly from God and always basic on a book story, different cult different story book.
Mormons are "terrifying?" Dramatic much. Members go to church two hours on Sunday and possibly two hours more during the week. They go into their profession of choice, go to the universities of their choice, have friends outside of the church, go to movies, eat at restaurants, travel where they want and when they want, etc. They are fairly regular folks and have made good neighbors, coworkers, and friends.
I have family who live in California. They were migrants and converted into the Mormon curch. If you take one look at them you'll know they are mexican 😂 and that sounds stereotypical but I'm not lying. The thing is, my aunt wanted for her three kids to marry white guys. Like, white, blue eyes, blonde hair, tall... I feel like she wanted for her family to blend into the church's image. So weird 😂
I mean, when they perpetuate the idea that whitness is next to godliness (even though they don't say it outloud anymore), I can imagine people would absorb that and further implement it.
Increasing the white European blood quotient in the family line is something a lot of Latin Americans aspire to. It even has a fancy name now. _Castizo_ futurism. If I was a young guy, I might help out. Seriously, I live in a place where there are a lot of gentrified and upwardly mobile Mexican families. Some of those chicks are too nice to believe physically, very smart and very accepting of family life as the natural order of things. Life goes on and they change physically. But so do you. Accept your destiny, because destiny is out there waiting to collect you.
I was one of the few girls around me at church growing up that looked different. I remember every girl was a cookie cutter copy of a copy, all looking alike except a very few others. I wasn't skinny, I was super curvy, dark hair and dark eyes, and I've never dressed like them either. Kinda crazy that is actually something that can be in their genes, and explains a lot about why they all seemed to look the same
yeah people from the same region have the same genetics and looks? what is so weird about that. no one says how weird it is that asians look so similar. it really is jealousy at the end of the day that is fueling these comments.
Very true! As a black woman from Chicago, there is absolutely a certain look to the locals. They’re mostly beautiful, but the beauty culture here is so intense. I never even considered Botox before moving here; where I’m from people make fun of it. After being in Utah for three years… I’m looking better than ever. 😅 The active, outdoorsy lifestyle and lack of food flavoring also helps with fitness. 😂
Wow! Insightful! I was a convert in the 70’s as a child and I’m Native American! I’m pretty sure I look more Native American than I ever looked Mormon when I lived there. It’s so true what you are saying, that woman right there looks like my aunt.
I'm South-east Asian and living in Hungary. 2 Mormon ladies, on the mission (from the US) came to visit me and after binge watching your videos, I can nod my head frequently because it's all true lol
Her videos consist of truths mixed with exaggerations, stereotypes, and some obscure examples. I say this as someone who used to be Mormon, knows it well, and can spot such things easily. If I watched a video about Buddhism or Hinduism from someone who spent so much time speaking against it, should I assume it's ALL true and an accurate representation of that religion? No, I would do more research, including from those who were actively Buddhist or Hindu.
@@kristinab1078 I understand what you are saying, but some families and congregations would be different, and perhaps more stereotypical and extreme than your own experience. I have seen similar comments among ex-Jehovah's Witnesses. Personal experiences of individual communities are not identical even living within the same religion. It where you live, and wiith whom. Your experiences and Alyssa's can be equally valid. Also, Alyssa would be choosing information to best explain her point. Differences don't necessarily imply exaggeration, or fictional embellishment. Because of these differences of personal differences, I agree that learning from more people will broaden understanding of a religion, or any organisation, as a whole. 😊
@@kristinab1078 Actually, there are very messed up ideas in Buddhism and Hinduism, including the one that if you're born into hardship, poor, disfigured, etc., it's OK because it's a result of what you did in your past life. So, accept your lot, be humble, and you'll move on to a better reincarnation. Don't actually try to make social change to create a better here and now - that's futile.
@@mplwy Just because I no longer attend the Mormon church does not mean I need to disparage every aspect of the church or its people. I have way too much knowledge on the subject to play into stereotypes that are exaggerated or obscure examples that are made to look more significant about the church. I know the difference, but many people on RUclips don't have that level of knowledge and assume it's all true or relevant from a a single person. My point in my comment is that when you are learning about different belief systems whether they be political, social, or religious, a broad perspective is important for the greatest accuracy. For a person who values objectivity, in as much as it's even possible, this is important. Viewing a RUclips channel that could be described as "opposed to the church" in its content may provide a person with some valid points and interesting insights, but it will be skewed. If she spent time talking sincerely about some merits of the institution or the people themselves (yes, there are merits), it might be considered more objective and balanced. Researching elsewhere from all sides is what education should be about.
I live in Utah, but I’m not Mormon. I have a Mormon friend who has black hair and super high pointy cheekbones. I can’t tell you the number of times I have approached different women with black hair and super high pointy cheekbones thinking it was my friend. But it wasn’t. It’s absolutely true that you can recognize Mormons by their features. However, I usually notice it in women more than men.
I'm glad you mentioned this. Experts say Founder's Effect can't possibly exist in Utah. But when the average family had 17 kids and everybody stays in the same area, people start to look alike.
@@JaneAustenAteMyCatThat ended very quickly in Utah's history. But yeah that probably creates a problem in terms of endogamy for the fringe groups that practice it.
We have a large and growing Mormon population where I live (northwest Arkansas), due to a lot of BYU grads being recruited by Walmart etc. I have quite a few Mormon coworkers, and I didn't realize that I could recognize "Mormon face"...until I did lol.
My two daughters that are 18 and 20 look so similar to you it’s unreal. I seriously told my 18 year old that she looked Mormon this week. She was like mom there is no such thing. I said yes there is 😂 it’s something about the mixture of me and my husbands dna 🧬 ❤️😂 thankfully most of y’all are very beautiful young ladies.
It is true. We all look a lot alike and we are expected to look even more alike than we actually do. In general, Mormon women are very exceptional people, and we are held to extremely high standards by our families, friends and communities…and even higher standards by ourselves. There really is a lot of pressure on Mormon women, especially in Utah, because it is such a big part of the entire culture. We are also given a fairly narrow selection of clothing styles we can wear. Mormon women (at least those who are active), are required to dress “modestly,” which is strictly defined in the LDS church, (it is not left for interpretation). We are taught and expected to wear clothing that covers our shoulders, backs, abdomens, chests, and to wear skirts, dresses, pants, shorts ect that are knee length or longer. We are also required to wear dresses or skirts to church meeting on Sundays, it is inappropriate for women to wear pants to church. And on top of that we have always been taught not to get tattoos, or piercings, except for just one piercing in each ear lobe. So on top of the fact that many of us have common ancestry, we are also taught, excepted, and often required to do many things that also make us look a like, in order to have good standing in the LDS church. (Like having no tattoos, and only one set of earrings in just our ear lobes). We are also held to high standards or styling our hair and makeup. This is not something that is required by the LDS church, but it is part of the general culture. When I lived in Utah, I felt extreme pressure to have nicely styled hair, and makeup every single day. Which meant perfectly straightening or curling every strand of hair, or putting it into buns, braids or ponytails, or other updo (with no fly aways). I actually had no idea just how unique Utah, Morman culture was until I moved out of Utah, in my 30s! I moved to Houston, TX at 37 years old, and for the first time in my life, I felt like I could wear absolutely anything I wanted to in public…and no one cared. It was the most freeing feeling I have ever had in my life. Plus the heat and humidity made it impossible for me to straighten or curl my hair, and make up just melted off of my face. So for the first time in my life, I learned to embrace my natural hair (or rather sweaty ponytail), and my natural face. (It was rare to see women in Houston with straightened or curled hair, or full face of makeup). Sloppy buns and sloppy ponytails were very common there. I called it “Houston hair don’t care.” Once again, the heat and humidity is extreme there. In Utah, especially as a teen and young adult, my appearance was constantly scrutinized, and I constantly had people making comments, (positive, negative and manipulative), on my clothes, hair, makeup, body, even my pregnancy status. Unfortunately this has caused me to have decades of fairly extreme body image issues, poor self esteem and a lot of stress, anxiety, depression, and sadly disordered eating. Also sadly, there has been a very high rate of eating disorders amongst my friends and family members. Even today as a 40 year old woman, my LDS friends and family members still make comments and critiques about my clothing and hair. Especially with my “Houston hair, don’t care.” Haha! This phenomenon of everyone looking alike, is something that even Mormons are aware of, we referred to it as “fitting the mold.” It was really hard for people that didn’t fit the mold, and people could be jerks to people who didn’t fit the mold or who chose not to fit the mold. It could be especially hard for people, like me, who appeared to fit the mold on the outside, but not on the inside. (I was basically masking the whole time). It was exhausting. “The mold,” wasn’t just about appearance either. It was also about how you acted and the life choices you made too. We weren’t allowed to swear, or be sexy, but we had to be pretty. Utah women are also expected to get married young and have 3-5 children. It is also common for Utah moms to be stay at home parents, and a lot of people still today have a hard time with women working in traditional male careers. (Luckily this is changing more and more). There are a lot of good things about it too though. Utah Mormon communities are very well connected, it is easy to get to know people and make friends, people are fast to help one another. People often lend things to each other, help people with yard work, home improvement, and shoveling my snow. They have big parties with great food. The cities in Utah, are pretty much all beautiful, well designed cities, that are very walkable, and good for bike riding. Most cities have sidewalks and jogging trails, and lots of really nice parks, rec centers and sports facilities. (I also didn’t know these things were unusual until I moved out of Utah).
I am a convert to the Fullness of the Gospel, and I wear slacks to Church, almost invariably! I see the wisdom in modest dress & behavioral standards, and in being a stay-at-home mom while one's husband goes to work. Women working outside the home is not "fortunate." It is nice to get out, into the community, to talk to neighbors and friends, and for one's kids to have good friends who do not live under the same roof. The older I get, the better I understand the need to be surrounded by my Sweetheart, my family, and a few close friends. If I could go back and do it all over again, knowing what I know now, I would probably never have set foot in the singles' ward in Minneapolis. It is an absolute meat market, and I wasted a lot of years going to Church alongside a lot of people who were in everything for themselves. I couldn't get any decent dating advice bc none of the women were ever going to give another woman any bit of an edge on how to get a second date. They weren't good circumstances to serve others or get the love I needed, myself. Also, I do not appreciate that certain clinical sociopaths (HB) in the Church are allowed to prey upon vulnerable people without any repercussions bc they rely on people being willing to confess their own sins, and no predatory sociopath who is able to freely prey upon vulnerable adults will ever admit to outright abusing someone whose temporal & eternal welfare they were charged with the care of. Or the one (DF) who stole my late grandmother's antique hangers from my place the day they came to assist with cleaning, and stated very matter-of-factly that none of them was going to help clean [the 2 rooms I actually couldn't physically clean]. And the itch-bay (GG) who threw out my most prized possession after I told her not to (it was the 1st and one of a very few things she put in her garbage bag), and lied about it when I confronted her. And a certain former education professional (RF) who pretends he has no idea when he's speaking with a severely disabled woman. These, and many other things from other areas of life are the cause of my stress belly, which is another way I cannot "fit the mold," which I had never heard said by a Church member before now, but which many, many more people from Church seem to be quite capable of seeing past, which almost no man from any singles' ward I'd ever been in (there was a total of 3) could see past. And the irony of that is, the only thing that could possibly make my stress belly, OR the only thing that could possibly make my hormonal belly, disappear would require me to be legally and lawfully married. However, there was ONE man from a singles' ward who was so kind to me, with whom I had The Best Date I've Ever Been On in my Life (Von G.), if only he hadn't had such an a-h*le friend (Isaac) who would start yelling at me, the instant he saw me, every time he saw me, to stay away from his friend, and yes, this was even in Church on Sundays. The Church is true, and strict moral & modesty standards, & avoiding the very appearance of evil, are necessary to attain the greatest happiness possible, even in this life. I don't understand how someone can claim membership in the Church and not understand that. But maybe you've never tasted any of the ugliness of the world until you lived in Houston, and it **felt** freeing, and maybe you never suffered any of the awful consequences of, for example, wearing less-than-modest clothes. Well, lucky you. But also, unlucky you, as you don't know the joy of being a convert to the Fullness of the Gospel. Have a wonderfully blessèd day! (I would have DM'ed this, but I still don't get how to do that quite right.)
@@lauraclavijo5647 It is still a really big population, I am pretty sure the gene pool is plenty diverse enough for it not to be considered inbreeding. There were nearly 100,000 Mormon pioneers that had settled in Utah, by the 1870s. Many Utah Mormons today are descendants of this group, but Mormons have also always been good at is missionary work. Which has been constantly bringing people from many nations to Utah ever since. Although in the late 1800s and early 1900, most of the LDD churches missionary efforts were in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavian countries, and Western Europe. Which is why such a high percentage of the population is Caucasian. In my hometown in Utah, there was a large Icelandic population that were amongst the early setters. My ancestors were also amongst the original settlers of the town, but they were mostly from the North Eastern and midwestern United States, (but were mostly of English descent). However overall, my ancestry is from England, Ireland, Wales, Sweden, Denmark. So I still have very diverse ancestry. Despite that fact that my ancestors go back about 6 generations as Mormons, before me. And today the LDS church is one of the largest churches in the world and has several million members. So even if all Mormons today only married and had children with other Mormons (which is not the case, but if it were) the gene pool is more than plenty large enough for it not to be considered inbreeding. Although when I was in high school, whenever I went on a date from high school, my parents would question my date to make sure we didn’t have any shared close relatives. I was actually also happy to learn that my now husband was adopted from out of state as an infant, while we were dating, because yes it did mean that we weren’t at all related. And Ironically, after my best friend and I had been best friends for over a year in junior high, we discovered that our grandpa’s were first cousins, and we shared the same great-great grandparents. (Although her grandpa was also adopted as an infant, so we weren’t actually biologically related, that closely).
It’s funny because my ex’s family is Mormon, but not from Utah. You could pass for a sibling of my ex and look at lot like my 15 year old daughter as a result 😅😅. I never knew this was a thing until I found your videos.
I had to look at my maternal line closely after Alyssa did her video on her ancestry as there are similarities in many of my maternal relatives. I didn't find any links though, darn.
This cracks me up! I definitely come from Mormon stock but we moved to Utah from the Seattle area where we had a good amount of diversity…. Living in Utah was a culture shock for our family and yes, there is definitely a LOOK, oh and the teeth, it’s like EVERY SINGLE TEENAGER has braces before heading out on their mission, I always knew when a sister or elder were from Utah…. Ha! Anyway, Good people here who are always willing to help and serve… Just be aware, when you go down I-15 and passed the gates of Mordor at about Thanksgiving point, you enter into Prozac land! Perfect smiles, perfect hair, all of the children are clean and beautiful, beautiful smiles and in sports and volunteer and too busy to get in trouble. I’m sure that’s not really true but it seems like it. Lol Thankful we live north of SLC…. ❤😂🙏🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Kindly do not insult people who are probably not leftist in values by calling where they live after an antidepressant. Very few conservative Christian individuals are trapped on a psychotropic medication without adequate management, as most people on newer antidepressants & anti-anxiety meds tend to be.
@@kayceetaylor2151 Most outsiders don’t understand that the majority just are happy and willing to serve and live a good life as they seek the light of Christ in their lives… ❤️🙏🏽🥰
You cannot insult somebody , using simple words ti describe. You can only decide to get insulted because you think someone has a power to make you feel insulted. But thats only your power to do it to yourself @@kayceetaylor2151
I have 5 LDS kids. The girls are "drop dead beautiful" The boys are handsome and tough. How many of you have a son that was asked to go to Afghanistan as a mercenary type employee at big money! Another one who was high rank in the military, and was sent to the Middle east a lot to "take care of business"! How bout LDS national conference: One of my sons is always "packin". He has made a lot of enemies. Some times he is picked to sit on the stage as part of the security detail. He loves street fighting so it works out pretty well!
Like Quebec province in Canada. There are at least two genetic disorders found in that region among the French speaking population. Very rare anywhere else.
The Utah Mormon population is one example of a group that has experienced a genetic bottleneck, primarily because of their relatively closed community, shared ancestry, and lower rates of intermarriage with non-Mormons historically. As a result, certain genetic disorders, such as familial Mediterranean fever, cystic fibrosis, and certain forms of cancer like hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), may be more prevalent in this population compared to the general U.S. population.
DNA analysis is able to now detect small groups (I can’t remember the exact term). I’m adopted so I took one- it was able to tell that some of my ancestors came from a small group in the south end of Glasgow in Scotland. My sister, who I’m not biologically related to, was told on her’s that she comes from the first European fur traders in North America. Usually these subgroups are based on a famous or well researched groups. I imagine the first Mormons were pretty easy to research (based on the amount of genealogy Mormons do) and the fact, like Alyssa said, that they were isolated/intermarried for so long
Sometimes the DNA testing companies like Ancestry will create “communities” of folks with similar DNA backgrounds/heritages. For example, I had it show up on my ancestry DNA that I/my ancestors were likely mountain west mormon pioneers because of my DNA mix of northwestern Europe/England/Denmark. So it’s not necessarily exactly DNA but genetic background. The grouping wasn’t wrong, my ancestors did emigrate to Utah from England and Denmark.
I think this is inbreeding, when you stick people together for a few hundred years they just end up with very little genetic variation. Especially if you add the actual incest. Until you show up as mormon on a DNA test. You can also have a certain ethicity mix that is most common on an island but I think that's not the case for mormons, as we know they are going to be mainly white and related.
Where is your evidence? I have read extensively about the Mormons. There is only one story in history about them killing dozens of Native Americans from one tribe. There is more evidence for them massacring immigrants on wagon trains.
Stop mongering, mormons were most likely the kindest outsiders to natives in that time, often teaching them modern agriculture. They were non-violent isolationists.
Your history seems to have been whitewashed. You just don't want to believe that your own people were capable of terrible things but they were, and they did them.@@RadTac
Salt Lake County also has not just the state or the nation but the world's highest per capita use of antidepressants. It's a tough place to be a wholesome woman here!
They commit suicide at a higher rate than most of the country too. Utah isn't first but it's close behind other mountain west states that are also full of Mormons like Idaho and Wyoming.
30 years ago I worked with a Mormon girl who does look like you. I'm fascinated by different faiths so I'd ask her a lot of questions about the Morman religion. She taught me a lot.
@user-og2wt3le4j there seems to be a hierarchy in the LDS church. Converts and those who aren't "typically attractive" blondes might be excluded especially when it comes to dating. Maybe I'm wrong, but I live near a temple and this is what I've observed.
Well I am adopted from a Mormon family to a Mormon family. So ha! Lolz my mom was one of those bishop’s daughter’s who had to go away to “summer camp” until her little “problem” (me) was taken care of.
That was clearly a very ignorant comment. I am an LDS member from South America. I grew being a member there and I have been to church even in China. No one ever felt "less LDS member" for being from a different background. I live in Utah now and go to church every Sunday and never I felt any discrimination or anything like that from not coming from a Pioneer family or not being white. That's absurd. There's also many white people that are new in the Church that might look similar or different to the other white people and maybe few people that are bored care about that but most of the people don't care about that.
Mormons are beautiful...... Everybody of the same ethnicity is supposed to look alike..... I might not like the Mormon church or its philosophy... But their people are beautifully stunning... There's nothing wrong with that
For perspective, if one goes back 30 generations, one has a billion ancestors. Except, there weren't that many people in the world. If one looks at genealogies extending even a couple of centuries back, or at least mine, people seemed typically to marry from nearby communities, so I suspect that very many couples were 4th cousins.
My LDS husband often says he's related to everyone he knows here in Northern Utah. His mother's family settled Riverside and I am literally surrounded by them. They no longer ask why I won't convert because I speak truth and they can't debate the truth.
I have been going to SLC for work a couple of times a week for the last 25 years. I’ve always said that there are two kinds of pretty. Regular pretty and Mormon pretty. Pairing well with all of the men looking a little doofy. (Sorry guys, but you see what I’m talking about) My second wife was LDS. Had this look too. We agreed before we got serious that I would never sign up. But I respected her beliefs and quit caffeine. Just switched to decaf. Her bishop visited one day and saw the coffee pot. I told him that I was drinking decaf thinking I was in the clear. The only thing he ever said to me after that was “no hot drinks” dude never spoke to me again
If you were never a member of The Church, he wasn't as concerned with your transgression as he was of your then-wife being around a temptation, and over "the appearance of evil" that it gave HER to have a hot drink in the house that she, too, lived in, whether or not her name was on the deed to the house, or the lease. That appearance of evil may have effected her temple worthiness, as I am aware Utah bishops are sometimes 'waaay more stringent than they need to be. A certain kidnapping & serial grape survivor from, I think, the Salt Lake City area was excommunicated for not being repentant of being forced by her attacker to drink alcohol to receive any food or water, and when he gave her alcohol, he was about to grape her. Now, maybe this is just my thought process, but if a virginal, little girl KNOWS she's about to be graped, it just seems obvious that she would do ALMOST ANYTHING SHE COULD to deaden the physical pain, and hopefully, deaden some of the emotional pain, too, even if it only made it a mere TAD less-terrible. But, maybe the problem was that her bishop had not been graped daily -- and sometimes more than daily -- when he was a little boy, so he had never bothered to consider how much that hurts -- all day, OR FOR DAYS, so he had no idea how to possibly empathize with what she had been through for several months on end. He might still have the ABILITY for empathy, and just be very sparing about who he feels empathy for. I think that is about the most DISCOMPASSIONATE thing a person can do, to not feel empathy for a preteen child who was kidnapped and graped more than daily, over an extended period of time.
Utah women are beautiful. My 3rd great grandfather was one of the first 50 to enter the great salt lake. He was one of the five with Brigham Young at immigration point. I recently lived in Utah. The most diverse population I've ever seen.
One of the most confusing periods living in a LDS region was repeatedly being proselytized to as an indigenous american. I was constantly asked to join the church as if there was this collective amnesia and they were the ones confused.
Never thought Mormons would be so interested in implants... 😅 Then again, when you're taught at an early age your role is to get married, be obedient to your husband, and be a caregiver, maybe that implants something in your mind that appearances matter a LOT.
It's true, there is so much pressure to look like the "ideal woman" -- your "godliness" is partially tied to your appearance. I'm not Mormon but I saw a documentary about how Utah has an issue with prescription opiates because (primarily) Mormon women have trouble with the amount of pressure they're under because of their society (understandably). It's really sad.
So much of Mormonism is caught up in appearance being an outward reflection of faith it seems. Plus I guess being conventionally attractive in that all American type of way makes you a walking advertisement for the church.
I have no issue with a woman wanting to get a boob job. I just hate that a lot of times women feel like they have to maintain their attractiveness for their husbands and their churches push the ideal of sex in marriage being a religious expression of love. So after they have umpteen kids because God and the church commands it, they then have to have surgery to change their strong, amazing bodies to look like they didn’t grow and deliver all those babies. Again I can totally understand a woman wanting to lift her chest back up and remove excess skin. I’ve never had kids and would love that. I just hate that it’s the expectation, and women feel societal pressure and possibly pressure from their husbands and family members to have these surgeries. It’s also telling that churches don’t talk about encouraging post partum health care like pelvic floor therapy and making sure everything heals properly and sex doesn’t hurt. They don’t have to be explicit, but they could preach that husbands need to care for their wives by making sure they got physical therapy and were ok down there. Churches have talks with just the women and just the men, and that could be something discussed then. Bring in an OB-GYN. In France, that’s part of the state medical system because they consider sexual pleasure a human need that can be damaged by pregnancy and childbirth. I grew up fundamentalist Christian, and I know so many women who had post partum issues that weren’t addressed. It was just blown off unless it was interfering with urination and defecation. Because the woman’s sexual pleasure is not important. Or they wouldn’t preach about being “joyfully available” when the husband wants sex. If they cared they would tell husbands to stop being selfish and care for his kids and let his wife rest.
Sometimes I think life would be easier if I just joined a cult. It would be like childhood all over again. Then I'm slammed back to earth with the stark reminder that I'd also have to pretend to believe bunkum like that.
@@BeckBeckGo Make no mistake, there is God's truth, and there is also (unfortunately) a gazillion and one counterfeits. Many masquerading as some kind of wholesome altruistic group (cult). God IS real... Jesus Christ is the only way to Him, as stated in the Bible ...and he loves His creation... and hates the lies leading people into cults like these. A bit like money, there's genuine currency, and then there's the counterfeit stuff. The introduction of any counterfeit doesn't make the real stuff any less real does it?
Societal pressure affects both sexes. It's weird when women complain about societal pressure from men to always look good but if a man complained about societal pressure to provide for the family or do physical jobs around the house - they'd be dismissed and probably laughed at. It's best to understand that societal pressures affect both men and women and not to take that as an attack on your particular sex.
I've lived in Denver, Phoenix, Portland and now SLC area and I've noticed that Utahans seemed to be good happy people, in general. I've really enjoyed living here.
Yes. The only Mormon girls I knew growing up all looked like sisters, and were all super pretty. Like you. And you look like a sister of other Mormon girls I knew. It is all truly fascinating.
You said it. I lived in SLC for 3 years on business. I am Hispanic from New Mexico. Boy was it ever a culture shock. I remember a friend and I having breakfast on Sunday at some big flowery place. We at the same time were looking around at the patrons. Loads of them. He and I were the darkest people in the room. We both said it. “They have very pretty family’s but they all look the Same” . Another friend with us who was a non practicing Mormon but he looked like them He said they call them , the women , “ Stepford Wives “
I grew up in western Montana where there is a considerable population of Mormons (if you weren't Catholic or Mormon in my hometown you were basically a religious minority) and noticed this too. And TBH most of the Mormon girls I grew up around were fine as hell but when I spent some time around the SLC area in my late teens I did notice an abnormal level of folks with physical deformities.
I live in NV and was invited to a Mormon church a couple of weeks ago. This was my first time ever going (I'm Catholic) and that was the first thing I noticed. Most of the women had very long hair and looked a lot alike. Although it was very peaceful and they were very welcoming, I felt out of place because I definitely did not fit the mold (I'm black with butt length dreadlocks and no, it had nothing to do with my race--several little kids came over and sat with me, which was super cute).
This was one of the reasons I married someone from the other side of the world... I often felt like my gene pool might be shallow, and wanted my kids to come from a deeper one
thanks for making this I was gonna comment on one of your videos that for some reason you "look mormon" to me and I couldn't tell why so I figured it would be mean to comment and I didn't
Does that mean they are inbred? Not trying to be rude, sincere question. Would love the link to the longer version of this reel...in case there is one.
Not quite. To be inbred you have to be more closely related than that. This is more like how the late Queen Elizabeth II of England and her husband Prince Philip were third cousins. Not close enough to cause genetic problems, but not normal in the community.
@@Taurus-i8dIt’s close but not close enough to cause problems. Most people throughout history would have been breeding with people that were at least some form of cousin.
@@Sharletwitch Incest is committed with someone directly related to you, like a parent or a sibling. Cousins always marrying cousins is not incest, but it's still mainly the same genes getting passed around, giving the weak ones plenty of opportunity to "flourish."
it’s so funny because my friend is mormon and i didn’t know what that meant. She moved to Utah two years ago and then I found your channel. She has a million siblings, she’s an academic genius, she’s super religious, homophobic (and we live in a blue state), and her whole family is blond with blue eyes. Can’t believe i JUST made the connection.
This 'look' would also apply to muslim communities who prefer to marry closely due to not intergrating into their new country eg Pakistani migrants in Britain
Crazy. I just found out about your channel yesterday. I went to a Mormon church the other day with a friend that wanted to check out the genealogical records center they have that’s open to the public, and there was an old black and white picture of a lady on one of the screens that looked just like you! Not a knock, you’re both very pretty.
Normal people say please and thank you, not a specific trait amongst Mormons . Domestic violence and partner murder and child abuse are however more common amongst Mormons … So the niceness is mostly false to please their so-called church , which is really a horrible and sickening cult !!
Yeah, they are trying to attract more people to their cult, and they act very nicely when they are very minority, I'm sorry to tell you it won't be the same if you are the one who are minority amongst them
I have never understood why believers in God want to alter their physical form to look different from how they believe they were 'created'. Isn't that the ultimate disrespect of God's design? Don't cosmetics and cosmetic surgery take believers further away from their God? What do I know, I am just an atheist, yet Mormons getting boob jobs is causing me some cognitive dissonance.
I think it has more to do with body image problems (especially after childbirth) and finding financial success. I also suspect that there is an undercurrent of... Well... Private addiction that the men are experiencing that might be affecting the way women feel about their bodies. But of course I can't prove it.
I tried Botox one time. The doctor said Mormon women are her primary cash-cow clients because they are expected to continue to look fresh for their husbands (and no doubt compare themselves to one another). I live in areas of the Arizona valley that are highly Mormon populated. I thought your comment was quite profound and very true!
Mormons kinda come in 3 flavors. The beautiful ubermensch, methtacular twiggy folk, and the goblin people. It's fun going between Target and Walmart and getting the gamut
Yeah, the prejudice comments in these threads are over the top. I've had too many really decent Mormon coworkers, friends, and neighbors to join in on this negative band wagon.
My daughter who is very blonde deals with being stereotyped Mormon. She's out. LOL Despite the fact that both her parents have dark hair. There is Scandinavian in her dad's side though so it just came out in the one kid.
Can confirm as a Barlow(one of the original families that settled Utah). Thats why there is a joke of "inbreeding" regarding utah because there was heavy interbreeding in the families. My portion of the family wandered from that a while ago, however we still breed like rats and we pay attention to the last names Barrows, Kunz, Kelsch, Kingstons, and several others, oftentimes having to get elder family members involved to confirm how related we were. When I met my current boyfriend and he wanted to date me, my first response was "arent we cousins?" Took us 4 hours to determine how related we were. I know a lot of people with think its weird because he is technically a distant cousin of mine, but when you have heavy polygamy in your family line and there were only a few families that built the state, it can be difficult to find someone who isnt related to you and aligns with you culturally.
Hmmm... as a Spanish brown haired Cuban guy I like to think of my appearance as special here. I'm going to have been in Salt lake for seven years this fall
Mormon isn't a tribe, race, or ethnicity. You may be purebred european as most early mormons (and american settlers) originated from that area of the planet. Purebred Mormon isn't a thing though.
When I first left the church I was bitter and resentful. Going back to Utah and visiting, it really is a beautiful place. Beautiful natural spaces, clean cities. I saw a group of young men in Provo let an older lady go to the front of a line just because. I have never seen that in Toronto. The point is, just because it's weird doesn't make it all bad. All the progressive cities are full of tents and drug use. So they don't have it figured out either lol. If you're still living in Utah, all the best!! You've got a great state to live in!
There was a multi generational study going for many decades in cache valley because it's such a homogenous population. Few variables to deal with. Also why I left there 😅.
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The way this lady danced around the topic of inbreeding without saying it was masterful
there's a difference between breeding within your own population and actual "inbreeding". There are millions of mormons and they don't marry close relatives like some cultures. The look she's referring to is classically attractive with none of the genetic abnormalities that inbreeding causes
@@MM-fg4tw I guess every culture has it's own classics, thanks for sharing that information
That was my thought lol Mormon in your DNA is inbreeding
Over time they were only breeding, with other Mormons. So they became a “homogeneous” society. Mormons run deep so it’s not in-breeding
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Not to mention the amount of polygamy that took place within the state during the isolation
Actually far less than you'd think. Former Mormon who has done a lot of research. If I remember correctly, at it's height it was below 10% of men. And most who were still only had 2-3 wives. 100-200% more wife than what should be expected at a time. But not how many imagine.
Even 10% is so gross with what they do to women. But, every place I see is 20-30%. Cite sources please, mr. SMITH.
Can you imagine the suffering of any human being with a modicum of actual intelligence snd compassion born into that cult and stuck with it in the old days
@@navarrenavarre she's just trying to warn people not to join sectarian fundamentalist extremists cults. Which, let's be honest, is way more than the sectarian fundamentalist extremist cult leaders ever did for humanity
Oh yeah, both my grandparents on my mom’s side are from polygamist families. Grandma was born in colonial Juarez but then they moved back to southern UT after statehood. There are some traits, facial features that standout as Mormon.
Thank you for sharing the history of Native Americans, so many people pass over it and say “we discovered this empty land”
Get over it
@@Jayson971why don’t you get over it 😂
@@Jayson971 Get over facts??
@@pahvi3and genocide?? Yeah, no thanks.
"...they kicked out the Native Americans ..." this line literally stayed with me, the rest of the video became a "blur" and I heard nothing else 😢
You look like my beautiful friend, Ericka Hogg. She was a traveler from a big Mormon family in Idaho. She went missing a few years ago, so it’s nice to see a little glimpse of her smile in your face. She was funny and impish and brave as hell.
Wherever she is now, I wish her spirit well.
I'm so sorry! I hope she is recovered safely.
Ericka Renee Hogg? That has marijuana tattoos on her arms?
I hope she’s alright and went missing on her own accord
@@RefaMyagi be awesome if @bluebird5058 replies..
I once visited my daughter's Mormon church. I swear all the women there looked alike and sounded alike.
yeah... that's not creepy at all.
Not me feeling self conscious now
The original Stepford wives.
The Stepford Congregation
The LoriVallow smile& hand wave with the RubyFranke narcissism
That's so weird to forbid more than one ear piercing or a tattoo ,because your body is a temple and then allowing plastic surgery 😂
Women are supposed to look like "stereotypical Barbies," that is, slim with big breasts, shiny pink lips, big blue eyes, long blonde hair, etc. Tattoos and piercings are not part of the look.
It's not about allowing plastic surgery. When they started heavily telling us no tats n one piercing, plastic surgery wasn't a problem. 90s However, it would be obviously quite problematic to speak on body issues like plastic surgery. My friend's wife recently had one and he told me she really wanted it. They had reached finally period of financial success and so why not? I said as long as SHE wanted it. I've heard of people's husbands suggesting it and that's a (insert vomit emoji).
@@Cocoisagordonsetter Well, why can't someone get a second piercing if she really wants it then?
@kumaranvij you can get a second piercing if you want to. You can also get plastic surgery if u want to.
@@angelfire99 So, the Mormon church DOES allow women to get multiple piercings?
I grew up in utah as a hispanic, dark haired, somewhat dark skinned woman and this was the beauty standard I, too, was measured up to my entire life. Only now, in my 40s, am I seeing my heritage and culture for the beauty that it is.
😊 hey, good for you, be happy and confident.... Beauty comes in all shades and colors
Similar situation for me, but in the UK. I was openly called ugly/ unattractive a few times and was often made to feel that way in some Mormon social gatherings with people my age, growing up. My sisters and other black women I know have had similar experiences - and as a result went inactive, despite being raised in the church.
I'm also Hispanic and lived in Utah for a decade and I always felt "out" no matter what. I'm not quite where you are mentally, but I hope to be.
It wasn't just within the Mormon state. To be blond, with thin lips, blue eyes and white was considered the beauty standard everywhere back then.
As an individual it's foreign to me to accept someone else's beauty standards as my own. What I find pretty is what I find pretty and no one else change my mind. For example no one can convince me lin lips are pretty the same way no one can convince me an over sized lips are pretty.
thank you for making this - growing up as a Christian, Mormonism was a huge question mark; some people called it a cult or a heresy and other people tentatively accepted it, but no one really knew what they were talking about
it’s nice to have kinda all my questions answered (and many i never knew i should’ve had) and now have the information to inform my understanding of Mormonism, so thank you
IT'S A BLASPHEMOUS CULT
I was raised Roman Catholic, and the most common belief was that Mormons weren't Christians. Ironically enough, Muslims were considered a form of Christian, but not Mormons.
you guys read from the same book but believe in a different bigfoot. 🤪
@@tommkc They don't read from the same book... not even remotely
@@IchorOfTheManndrakenever have I ever heard that from any Catholic, Christian, Muslim, or in between. Whoever raised you up in the faith is or was lost beyond measure. Seeing as both “religions”, blaspheme the very nature of Christianity, that is to say, the gospel. (Joseph smith names all prior doctrines an abomination, Muhammed orders the execution of all infidels and notes polytheists, which Muhammed believes are Christians. Fun fact, those are his “final orders” before his death.)
I worked as a temp for a company run by Mormon's back in the mid 90's. I thought it was a brother/sister owned company. Nope, it was husband and wife.
Inbreeding at its finest.
Omg I'm so messed up for finding it hot- 😭😂
@Li_Tobler um, what..?
Just a reminder that the internet isn't really private. I wouldn't be announcing that to the world if I were you...
@@Li_Tobleryou can still delete this comment
@@myshirtisonbackwards62 I honestly don't care
An updated version should mention that the initial gene pool of Mormons came in very high concentrations from the British Isles and Scandinavia (Denmark in particular).
That explains why she looks so much like my Danish grandma! 😊
The surnames in Utah are common to the UK and Scandinavia.
Is that because they killed those people and took their kids for fresh DNA
Yeah. It's just an isolated subset from a Nordic starting population.
Was about say this! This is just a lot of Northern European mixing!
I grew up in LA but went out to Utah for therapy and ended up staying there for a few years. The Mormon culture is definitely real. It took me months to get used to how similar all the women looked. I dated a Mormon girl while I was out there and she had so many weird insecurities that I didn't even know someone could have. It seems like a really difficult culture to grow up in.
What were the insecurities?
@@arieljones9089
Yeah!
What were her insecurities?
Its a fake cult religion you should have encouraged her to leave it
@@phoenixhenson3689 no one should be talking to anyone about leaving their religion because they think it’s not real, I’m Mormon and I have a strong faith in the church, you have your own opinions and if you think that the church is fake then so be it but don’t try to ex-communicate the people that do believe
@@Shannon-sf9bt Mormonism is a Cult! Im sorry but the truth hurts. When you learn something from an early age and thats all you have ever known its hard to break away from that.Look at all of her videos she explains ALL of the inconsistencies
I'm a basic normie Christian from Canada and your channel has been so cool to watch and learn about the more strict and specific-to-America types of religion (I'm sure there are communities up here too but I've never seen them personally) I found you through the Heretic video because I am always down for horror movie analysis 🙏💕
When I was attending Lamaz classes with my then wife for the birth of our first son, the nurse giving the class said there was a study on why there were so many birth defects in Graham county Arizona. While attending Lamaz class for my second son, two years later, we were told why. The Mormons that settled the valley's offspring could all trace their heritage back to two families. I'm talking babies born with partial ears, no arms etc.
No, it's because of living on year-old oatmeal. If you don't get it, Mormons are told to keep a year of food in their house. The way they often do it is by keeping a huge stock of basics which they are constantly rotating by eating the oldest first.
I don't think they usually keep much of a stock of separate emergency food. Not most families.
In reality, there could be other factors involved than inbreeding. Blaming fall out from nuclear tests has become a cliche, but Graham County got its share from the Nevada above-ground nuclear tests. If the families ate all locally-grown food, that could have something to do with it too if there was radioactive material in the soil or if the soil was deficient in certain minerals. It's not a good idea to practice that kind of inbreeding though.
The Amish, who now number about 400,000, apparently are descended from several hundred original settlers, and they have some genetic problems.
The eight million _Quebecois_ apparently are largely descended from about 5000 original French settlers. That number is large enough that they do not seem to have genetic problems. They probably have intermarried with other people considerably in their history also.
Same with the Amish.
@@KA-in6sx no nails!? are their fingers just like... smooth?
This is a reason I'm grateful I'm ex-mormon. My kids all have a better chance at finding a non-mormon partner and moving away from inbred genetics. Now we just gotta move away from Utah before they turn 16.
@@keyisme1356 I can't commend you enough. Well done. May God always bless you. This goes for all religious groups. Jesus himself said that many would come in his name and mislead many. I come from a big family, I mean big! and all in one religious group. I've know for ages that inbreeding will be the fall for these pious, sex craved, arrogant people. Get away, far away and enjoy life. Make friends of normal people and let your kids develop as normally as possible.
When I worked with individuals who had severe developmental disabilities at the Utah State Developmental Center, I learned Utah had a higher than average percentage than other states because of that exact reason. Massive Mormon family with 10 kids might have one or two that lost the genetic lottery and ended up kind of tucked away and forgotten. My sociology professor at U of U even talked about it.
Creepy and should be considered illegal ... inbred culture being normalised and sold to duped women.
Wow it must have been tough to work with a community that still prefers to hide disabled family members, knowing how much it can affect their quality of life
Man, just picturing those poor little things, maybe locked in the barn, fed scraps, turning feral....the hills have eyes.
Forcing "inbreeding", while there are 7+billions of people on the planet sounds like a massive abusive behavior next to incest. The consequences - a lot of disabled people, suffering from genetic diseases, - innocent victims of such wild practices 😢
@@eevee2411 It is worse with Pakistani in the UK since Cousin Marriage is more than ten times as common among them.
Their family trees do not fork much...
It's a line.
They should open a bakery, cuz they rollin in bread
I bet it forks a lot, but it is a tangled mess. Pedigree collapse is what it is called.
They don't have a family tree, they have a family wreath
😏 very good
the same is true for ashkenazi jews! a couple thousand years of living isolated from others and only marrying one another, as well as genetic bottlenecks due to persecution will do that. my dna test showed how even though ashkenazis are mostly of european descent, they have distinctly different dna from other goy europeans. that’s why ashkenazi jews often have a distinct look separate from just white european. i also have more dna relatives than most other ethnic groups for the same reason.
Of course it is true... but still In general Jews are also, in their own way, a curious illustration of the naivety of the ideas of "racial purity" and other such "traditional values" - a culturally and religiously isolated group, in which marriages with non-Jews are generally religiously forbidden, and belonging to Jews is determined by one's mother. And yet Ashkenazi Jews look a lot like Germans, and Ethiopian Jews look like Ethiopians...
Ashkenazi have anywhere from 10-40% levant admixture.
Supposedly many Ashkenazi Jews have a mutation correlated with higher IQ.
@@xKittyForman the European “goyim” huh…
@@MARKEDONE47_ what about it
Shelise Ann Sola on C2C says she can always pick a Mormon out of the crowd, and it's absolutely true. There is a look and a specific dialect/speech pattern. And unless they're influencers (ZERO chance those women are wearing garments as required), they're typically dressed similarly as well. Luckily for you, you have the pretty Mormon face!
So many influencers don't wear their garments and when confronted about it they either completely ignore the question or state that "it is their own testament with Jesus" or some other BS. Read: they tithe so much that their ward and bishop turn a blind eye to it.
For me its the speech pattern. I can usually tell.
@@SaintShion Exactly!
🤔
Can you describe the speech pattern?
I went to a mormon church when I was pregnant with my son at 19, mind you im Mexican. I swear EVERYONE was staring and I never went back. Thank God.
Probably because you were pregnant not because you are Mexican 😅
@@Trackpad12😂😂
@@Trackpad12 They mostly all get married and pregnant at such a young age.
@@Trackpad12Nahh it was because she was a different culture. My BF( a professional woman) moved to Idaho also has is run by Mormon's. She is Italian...dark hair & brown eyed. She called me the Sunday thst she arrived to tell me how a security guard followed her around a store fearing she'd steal something.
@@LB-wg7to I believe this because thats where I live Idaho. The church I attended was in Rexburg, the college there only accepts mormons. Thankfully now I live in a big city in Boise but they are for sure super judgy and “culty”.
Breast implants caused me terrible inflammation. I had my saline implants removed after 13 years. I hope Mormon women educate themselves on possible BII before implantation.
I'm not Mormon but as a small breasted woman I struggle with the idea of getting implants at least once a week since I was 13... But last week I realized I'd have to go through multiple surgeries in life if I got them and I got scared haha
@@shironerisilk I used to be sad about my small breasts, but in my middle fourties I realized they make me look younger and slimmer
@@shironerisilki use to struggle with my breast too but now that I’m 33 I’m grateful. I can go braless whenever, my boobs dont sag nor I do have back pain (the amount of women I hear complaining about their boobs sagging at a curtain age and back pain) they are still perky, and like someone else said you look younger. Once you learn to accept your body as it is you start appreciating it, and gaining confidence. Hope this helps 💕
@@rubylove9475-sagging definitely is a problem for small chested women too. My small breasts were wonderful and perky. Hated them in my teens but appreciated them in my 20s. Now I’m in my mid 30s with 3 kids under my belt. Let me tell you, the girls sag. And the sagging was noticeable immediately after my first was born. I looked in the mirror as soon as I could walk after delivery and laughed at what I saw. Breastfeeding all 3 for a year each didn’t help I’m sure. Nor did a 2 year age gap between each pregnancy. I’ve found that for me, the key to it all is to have a sense of humor about it. I can appreciate and poke fun at my deflated balloons lmao
@@shironerisilkplease dont ruin those gorgeous I B T T s . Not every man wants a milk cow for a partner! You'll find one . ,dont let society mind f-] your body .
My moms side is from Utah!
So true!!!
My great grandmother used to brag all the time that we are direct descendants of Brigham Young. Therefore, we are Mormon Royalty.
RIP grandma, but knowing my history and being able to think for myself(not so easily brainwashed), that's NOT something I'm proud of. 🙄
Kinda sounds like everyone in Mormon Utah could trace their lineage to Brigham Young.
@lyndsaybrown8471
I swear they more than likely can! 🤣
I used to point that out all the time to her.
I would say: "I love you grandma, but the things he did were not too christ like at all. Not to mention, he had like 100 kids and settled the state, and with all the insest going on... I'm sure at the very least, 90% of Utah mormons could trace their lineage back to Brigham Young." 😏
She would just chuckle and do the hand gesture, like be gone.
Bless that woman, I miss her and although I did not buy into the religion, she never treated me any different.
Bravo....!
Love this! So true! They also have a way of speaking that is identifiable.
The mormon montage
Are you referring to people who live in Utah? Mormons, like Catholics or other religions live across the US and internationally.
Yup, that's how you know they're the rill dill.
@@伏見猿比古-k8c Such stereotypes. 😵💫
@@kristinab1078 If one tunes in to the internationalmormon conferences one can easily catch the long words- slow sentences of old English(bible) and way of talking in an even robotic tone. Kind of like an Islamic prayer. After a couple seconds one can easily identify
"Did you ever wonder why all Mormons in Utah seem to look alike?"
Can't say I've ever had that thought, brand new sentence for me lol.
Same as in muslim countries. They are all cousins:)
It's frequent thought if you live near them. I wasn't even in Utah, but there were MANY Mormons. And it's very obvious who is and isn't Morman.
😂
I guess it's the same with the Amish.
Small communities.
@@vikingdogmanship yikes
i feel like i can always see it in their eyes, something is glazed over them
Yes, agree. There's a glaze of some kind. True.
It’s from all the kool aid they’re drinking
@@jimbo6882 LOL also the soda and ice cream
And boredom. Lots of boring church makes for a glazed look for sure.
The look of ind0ctrin@ted puppets.
i grew up in colorado around a bunch of mormons. there’s absolutely a look, but my favorite part is the mormon accent and speech patterns. never in my life has someone from colorado ever pronounced it “melk” except for the mormons.
When finally I got brave to go to a mass in a Catholic Church I got so in love with so much diversity! People’s all colors and race ! It was the most beautiful day since I got in Utah ! I’m forme Mormon.
Guess you should have visited an Alaskan ward?! We had/ have Hawaiian Polynesian, Tongan, Samoan, Black, Philippino's, Alaskan native, and white. However, basing your testimony on how much color variety of congregation is mixed, probably wasn't your real reason for leaving.
Don't base your own beliefs on other people.
Have a great day
I'm also catholic! God bless you 🤍
It's a testimony that the Catholic Church literally means the Universal Church- for everyone -that's why the official language of the Church is the dead language Latin (other than the languages of the many specific rites within the overall Church) so that anyone from any background can just learn the Latin of the Mass- unchanging Latin. They will then feel at home at a Catholic Mass regardless of their native tongue- because they are.
Dominus vobiscum ❤️. Ave Christus Rex✝️👑🙏
Fyi Catholicism is just as real as Mormonism but not as intense(for most people)
That explains why Mormons ALL look like JC Penny catalog models.
... or is it the other way around?
That's because they *are* the JC Penny models lol. A lot of model scouts actually go to the midwest. There are a lot of tall blondes there.
@@WhoCaresAlishaBut Utah is not in the Midwest… The Midwest are states around MN, WI, OH, MI, IN, etc.
@@WhoCaresAlishawhere did you take geography ? Awesome name tag !!!
Only blue eyes red blondy hair 👱🧑🦰🧑🦳🧑🌾
I'm a foreigner who moved to Utah after job transfer. My coworkers are all Mormons, and yes they all look alike :)
Omg I’m so glad you said this! Being born and raised in Utah among Mormons ( my dads side as well) they all looked alike I would get made fun of in school and every person I went to school with looked like “a Mormon” I was bullied and called disgusting bc my skin was tan and they would call me dirty. I never ever felt comfortable in school I graduated in 98’ so Utah I can say has come such a long long way! Still get the occasional rude person but most ppl are so kind to everyone and so much more diversity! I’m so glad you are doing this channel to educate ppl about the religion. They also told me I would never see my mom in heaven bc she was catholic (I was 7 yrs old) so thanks for educating ppl on these things I have known about a lot from ex mormon friends who got married and I was blown away when the whole marriage ceremony was explained. Sorry so long! ❤much love from Ogden
Religious people being mean because somebody looked different?? Who would think, right? (Sarcasm)
Very cube shaped heads in Utah. Not that its a bad thing but it was one of the first things I noticed in Utah.
Brigham Young's forehead?
@@pebblebrookbooks4852 Lots of Youngs running around. He had lots of kids.
Denmark/Norway facial features include a strong jaw, or “diamond face shape”, so honestly, not far off! 😂
Blockheads
I once asked someone if she was from Utah, she asked how I knew I said you look Mormon. The thing is I have Mormon cousins (uncle came from Denmark married my aunt she converted) and they all look like Utah Mormons too. And they're from California. So I'm guessing it's the Denmark ancestry?
Serious question how come Mormons aren't allowed to drink coffee and stuff but they can get major body modifications for cosmetic purposes?
Because when Smith made up his bullshit religion, cosmetic surgery hadn't been invented yet. And Mormons can drink soda with caffeine, but not coffee or tea, for the same reason.
Because. Because. Because these things did not exist when the LDS church was founded.
Coffee wasn't always excluded from "Word of Wisdom" - a guide to dietary intake. I want to say it was updated in the 1910s or 1920s but I don't know for sure when. I believe it was an attempt to keep up with the scientific literature at the time which stated that hot drinks were unhealthy.
Tea is on the list as well, but I've heard that exceptions are made for missionaries serving in other countries where tea is more prominent. It gets pretty ticky tacky because there isn't a hard rule and it doesn't get you excluded from any church activities.
And the cosmetic surgery thing hasn't been publicly addressed as far as I know. I think Utah, specifically, has a lot of women doing it. I think that's more of a status symbol/body image problem.
Because good old Joseph Smith made the shiet up as he went . It's a cult ,plain and simple . One of the most inbred populations on earth .
In the rural parts of the state it’s unusual. Perfection and appearance are a hyper focus for the American culture over all- Mormons get sucked in too.
I literally just learned about this in biology lmfao as a population they have very little genetic variability
Thankfully my sister in law and her sibs have managed to add some strong Peruvian genes into the UT mix for the last 30 years. lol
@@suerasley7237but those strong Peruvian Gene's are now polluted lol
@@shawntailor5485 Funny, the only one that married a blond haired, blue eyed mormon still popped out a handful of kids with strong Peruvian features and nary a natural blonde in the bunch.
Not a healthy situation genetically 😮
They're like becoming their own race very interesting
Flying into the SLC airport is an experience unto itself. Simply observing the people - and the similarities in appearance - is shocking!
Smith cult is terrifying 😳 I used to live in Oregon, and met a lot of refugees from the Smith theocracy. It's crazy how much power the many cults all over the world still have over humanity in the year 2024, and so much unnecessary chaos and suffering around the world caused by sectarian fundamentalism. Never once do any of the cult leaders ever even utter a single word about the colossal cost organized "religion" incurs to humanity. According to the cult leaders, it's all just "pure light" but the reality is ongoing dark ages over humanity.
“Smith cult” lol
I like calling it "Smith Cult" 😂
Smith cult, Mohammed cult, Paul cult and many other cult are terryfing and so much unnecessary chaos and sufferings, I think these kind of cult religion are the real satanism and created by some globalist just for their power and money, it is not truly from God and always basic on a book story, different cult different story book.
I'm going to call it "Smith cult" from now on lol
Mormons are "terrifying?" Dramatic much. Members go to church two hours on Sunday and possibly two hours more during the week. They go into their profession of choice, go to the universities of their choice, have friends outside of the church, go to movies, eat at restaurants, travel where they want and when they want, etc. They are fairly regular folks and have made good neighbors, coworkers, and friends.
I have family who live in California. They were migrants and converted into the Mormon curch. If you take one look at them you'll know they are mexican 😂 and that sounds stereotypical but I'm not lying.
The thing is, my aunt wanted for her three kids to marry white guys. Like, white, blue eyes, blonde hair, tall... I feel like she wanted for her family to blend into the church's image. So weird 😂
I mean, when they perpetuate the idea that whitness is next to godliness (even though they don't say it outloud anymore), I can imagine people would absorb that and further implement it.
Tons of Mexican in the church. Same when they immigrate to Canada and the U.S.
Did they marry just like the mother preferred?
Increasing the white European blood quotient in the family line is something a lot of Latin Americans aspire to. It even has a fancy name now. _Castizo_ futurism. If I was a young guy, I might help out. Seriously, I live in a place where there are a lot of gentrified and upwardly mobile Mexican families. Some of those chicks are too nice to believe physically, very smart and very accepting of family life as the natural order of things.
Life goes on and they change physically. But so do you. Accept your destiny, because destiny is out there waiting to collect you.
How's it weird? Who wouldn't want to be as White as possible if given the chance?
Yep, lots of pale blond LaTrelle Svennsons out there in Utah.
Wow i had no.idea, the community was so focused on looks and hence the pressure.
I was one of the few girls around me at church growing up that looked different. I remember every girl was a cookie cutter copy of a copy, all looking alike except a very few others. I wasn't skinny, I was super curvy, dark hair and dark eyes, and I've never dressed like them either. Kinda crazy that is actually something that can be in their genes, and explains a lot about why they all seemed to look the same
yeah people from the same region have the same genetics and looks? what is so weird about that. no one says how weird it is that asians look so similar. it really is jealousy at the end of the day that is fueling these comments.
They are beautiful and white blond with blue eyes women have the right to exist, thank you very much
@@JoaquinBanderas-m9obecause racism against white people, specially with blond hair and blue eyes, is sky rocketting
This is just disgusting racism
Very true! As a black woman from Chicago, there is absolutely a certain look to the locals. They’re mostly beautiful, but the beauty culture here is so intense. I never even considered Botox before moving here; where I’m from people make fun of it. After being in Utah for three years… I’m looking better than ever. 😅 The active, outdoorsy lifestyle and lack of food flavoring also helps with fitness. 😂
"Lack of food flavoring" 😆
Lack of food flavoring??? Lmao
Girl get some self esteem.
“…lack of food flavoring…” Whatever keeps you from wanting seconds is a win, I guess 🤷🏾♀️
You mean like no seasoning? As a Hispanic I could never!!
Wow! Insightful! I was a convert in the 70’s as a child and I’m Native American! I’m pretty sure I look more Native American than I ever looked Mormon when I lived there.
It’s so true what you are saying, that woman right there looks like my aunt.
Aren't you supposed to turn white when you convert?
Where nonwhites allowed in the mormon church in the 70's? I feel like that change is more recent than that.
You know I can still pick up who's Mormon even if they aren't white.
Let's say modern day mormon
Its the vibe and how they present themselves
Mormon look is Northern European blonde. Why would an Amerindian become a Mormon?
@@sk00kthere are Mexican Mormons in Arizona. It’s bizarre. Funny thing is no one mocks ethnic Arabs for all being the same religion.
The fundamental latterday saints owned the ancestry websites! It says so at the bottom of ancestry websites! This makes complete sense😊
I'm South-east Asian and living in Hungary. 2 Mormon ladies, on the mission (from the US) came to visit me and after binge watching your videos, I can nod my head frequently because it's all true lol
Her videos consist of truths mixed with exaggerations, stereotypes, and some obscure examples. I say this as someone who used to be Mormon, knows it well, and can spot such things easily. If I watched a video about Buddhism or Hinduism from someone who spent so much time speaking against it, should I assume it's ALL true and an accurate representation of that religion? No, I would do more research, including from those who were actively Buddhist or Hindu.
@@kristinab1078 I understand what you are saying, but some families and congregations would be different, and perhaps more stereotypical and extreme than your own experience.
I have seen similar comments among ex-Jehovah's Witnesses. Personal experiences of individual communities are not identical even living within the same religion. It where you live, and wiith whom. Your experiences and Alyssa's can be equally valid. Also, Alyssa would be choosing information to best explain her point.
Differences don't necessarily imply exaggeration, or fictional embellishment. Because of these differences of personal differences, I agree that learning from more people will broaden understanding of a religion, or any organisation, as a whole. 😊
@@kristinab1078Ok, why are you no longer Mormon?
@@kristinab1078 Actually, there are very messed up ideas in Buddhism and Hinduism, including the one that if you're born into hardship, poor, disfigured, etc., it's OK because it's a result of what you did in your past life. So, accept your lot, be humble, and you'll move on to a better reincarnation. Don't actually try to make social change to create a better here and now - that's futile.
@@mplwy Just because I no longer attend the Mormon church does not mean I need to disparage every aspect of the church or its people. I have way too much knowledge on the subject to play into stereotypes that are exaggerated or obscure examples that are made to look more significant about the church. I know the difference, but many people on RUclips don't have that level of knowledge and assume it's all true or relevant from a a single person.
My point in my comment is that when you are learning about different belief systems whether they be political, social, or religious, a broad perspective is important for the greatest accuracy. For a person who values objectivity, in as much as it's even possible, this is important. Viewing a RUclips channel that could be described as "opposed to the church" in its content may provide a person with some valid points and interesting insights, but it will be skewed. If she spent time talking sincerely about some merits of the institution or the people themselves (yes, there are merits), it might be considered more objective and balanced. Researching elsewhere from all sides is what education should be about.
I live in Utah, but I’m not Mormon. I have a Mormon friend who has black hair and super high pointy cheekbones. I can’t tell you the number of times I have approached different women with black hair and super high pointy cheekbones thinking it was my friend. But it wasn’t. It’s absolutely true that you can recognize Mormons by their features. However, I usually notice it in women more than men.
Osmond-like?
I'm not sure if Mormons "look alike" necessarily but they certainly do dress alike which might contribute to the issue.
I'm glad you mentioned this. Experts say Founder's Effect can't possibly exist in Utah. But when the average family had 17 kids and everybody stays in the same area, people start to look alike.
And when they have multiple wives
@@JaneAustenAteMyCatThat ended very quickly in Utah's history. But yeah that probably creates a problem in terms of endogamy for the fringe groups that practice it.
We have a large and growing Mormon population where I live (northwest Arkansas), due to a lot of BYU grads being recruited by Walmart etc. I have quite a few Mormon coworkers, and I didn't realize that I could recognize "Mormon face"...until I did lol.
My two daughters that are 18 and 20 look so similar to you it’s unreal. I seriously told my 18 year old that she looked Mormon this week. She was like mom there is no such thing. I said yes there is 😂 it’s something about the mixture of me and my husbands dna 🧬 ❤️😂 thankfully most of y’all are very beautiful young ladies.
It is true. We all look a lot alike and we are expected to look even more alike than we actually do. In general, Mormon women are very exceptional people, and we are held to extremely high standards by our families, friends and communities…and even higher standards by ourselves. There really is a lot of pressure on Mormon women, especially in Utah, because it is such a big part of the entire culture.
We are also given a fairly narrow selection of clothing styles we can wear. Mormon women (at least those who are active), are required to dress “modestly,” which is strictly defined in the LDS church, (it is not left for interpretation). We are taught and expected to wear clothing that covers our shoulders, backs, abdomens, chests, and to wear skirts, dresses, pants, shorts ect that are knee length or longer. We are also required to wear dresses or skirts to church meeting on Sundays, it is inappropriate for women to wear pants to church. And on top of that we have always been taught not to get tattoos, or piercings, except for just one piercing in each ear lobe. So on top of the fact that many of us have common ancestry, we are also taught, excepted, and often required to do many things that also make us look a like, in order to have good standing in the LDS church. (Like having no tattoos, and only one set of earrings in just our ear lobes). We are also held to high standards or styling our hair and makeup. This is not something that is required by the LDS church, but it is part of the general culture. When I lived in Utah, I felt extreme pressure to have nicely styled hair, and makeup every single day. Which meant perfectly straightening or curling every strand of hair, or putting it into buns, braids or ponytails, or other updo (with no fly aways).
I actually had no idea just how unique Utah, Morman culture was until I moved out of Utah, in my 30s! I moved to Houston, TX at 37 years old, and for the first time in my life, I felt like I could wear absolutely anything I wanted to in public…and no one cared. It was the most freeing feeling I have ever had in my life. Plus the heat and humidity made it impossible for me to straighten or curl my hair, and make up just melted off of my face. So for the first time in my life, I learned to embrace my natural hair (or rather sweaty ponytail), and my natural face. (It was rare to see women in Houston with straightened or curled hair, or full face of makeup). Sloppy buns and sloppy ponytails were very common there. I called it “Houston hair don’t care.” Once again, the heat and humidity is extreme there.
In Utah, especially as a teen and young adult, my appearance was constantly scrutinized, and I constantly had people making comments, (positive, negative and manipulative), on my clothes, hair, makeup, body, even my pregnancy status. Unfortunately this has caused me to have decades of fairly extreme body image issues, poor self esteem and a lot of stress, anxiety, depression, and sadly disordered eating. Also sadly, there has been a very high rate of eating disorders amongst my friends and family members.
Even today as a 40 year old woman, my LDS friends and family members still make comments and critiques about my clothing and hair. Especially with my “Houston hair, don’t care.” Haha!
This phenomenon of everyone looking alike, is something that even Mormons are aware of, we referred to it as “fitting the mold.” It was really hard for people that didn’t fit the mold, and people could be jerks to people who didn’t fit the mold or who chose not to fit the mold. It could be especially hard for people, like me, who appeared to fit the mold on the outside, but not on the inside. (I was basically masking the whole time). It was exhausting. “The mold,” wasn’t just about appearance either. It was also about how you acted and the life choices you made too. We weren’t allowed to swear, or be sexy, but we had to be pretty. Utah women are also expected to get married young and have 3-5 children. It is also common for Utah moms to be stay at home parents, and a lot of people still today have a hard time with women working in traditional male careers. (Luckily this is changing more and more). There are a lot of good things about it too though. Utah Mormon communities are very well connected, it is easy to get to know people and make friends, people are fast to help one another. People often lend things to each other, help people with yard work, home improvement, and shoveling my snow. They have big parties with great food. The cities in Utah, are pretty much all beautiful, well designed cities, that are very walkable, and good for bike riding. Most cities have sidewalks and jogging trails, and lots of really nice parks, rec centers and sports facilities. (I also didn’t know these things were unusual until I moved out of Utah).
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I am a convert to the Fullness of the Gospel, and I wear slacks to Church, almost invariably! I see the wisdom in modest dress & behavioral standards, and in being a stay-at-home mom while one's husband goes to work. Women working outside the home is not "fortunate." It is nice to get out, into the community, to talk to neighbors and friends, and for one's kids to have good friends who do not live under the same roof. The older I get, the better I understand the need to be surrounded by my Sweetheart, my family, and a few close friends. If I could go back and do it all over again, knowing what I know now, I would probably never have set foot in the singles' ward in Minneapolis. It is an absolute meat market, and I wasted a lot of years going to Church alongside a lot of people who were in everything for themselves. I couldn't get any decent dating advice bc none of the women were ever going to give another woman any bit of an edge on how to get a second date. They weren't good circumstances to serve others or get the love I needed, myself. Also, I do not appreciate that certain clinical sociopaths (HB) in the Church are allowed to prey upon vulnerable people without any repercussions bc they rely on people being willing to confess their own sins, and no predatory sociopath who is able to freely prey upon vulnerable adults will ever admit to outright abusing someone whose temporal & eternal welfare they were charged with the care of. Or the one (DF) who stole my late grandmother's antique hangers from my place the day they came to assist with cleaning, and stated very matter-of-factly that none of them was going to help clean [the 2 rooms I actually couldn't physically clean]. And the itch-bay (GG) who threw out my most prized possession after I told her not to (it was the 1st and one of a very few things she put in her garbage bag), and lied about it when I confronted her. And a certain former education professional (RF) who pretends he has no idea when he's speaking with a severely disabled woman. These, and many other things from other areas of life are the cause of my stress belly, which is another way I cannot "fit the mold," which I had never heard said by a Church member before now, but which many, many more people from Church seem to be quite capable of seeing past, which almost no man from any singles' ward I'd ever been in (there was a total of 3) could see past. And the irony of that is, the only thing that could possibly make my stress belly, OR the only thing that could possibly make my hormonal belly, disappear would require me to be legally and lawfully married. However, there was ONE man from a singles' ward who was so kind to me, with whom I had The Best Date I've Ever Been On in my Life (Von G.), if only he hadn't had such an a-h*le friend (Isaac) who would start yelling at me, the instant he saw me, every time he saw me, to stay away from his friend, and yes, this was even in Church on Sundays.
The Church is true, and strict moral & modesty standards, & avoiding the very appearance of evil, are necessary to attain the greatest happiness possible, even in this life. I don't understand how someone can claim membership in the Church and not understand that. But maybe you've never tasted any of the ugliness of the world until you lived in Houston, and it **felt** freeing, and maybe you never suffered any of the awful consequences of, for example, wearing less-than-modest clothes. Well, lucky you. But also, unlucky you, as you don't know the joy of being a convert to the Fullness of the Gospel. Have a wonderfully blessèd day!
(I would have DM'ed this, but I still don't get how to do that quite right.)
Such an interesting perspective.
@@lauraclavijo5647 It is still a really big population, I am pretty sure the gene pool is plenty diverse enough for it not to be considered inbreeding. There were nearly 100,000 Mormon pioneers that had settled in Utah, by the 1870s. Many Utah Mormons today are descendants of this group, but Mormons have also always been good at is missionary work. Which has been constantly bringing people from many nations to Utah ever since. Although in the late 1800s and early 1900, most of the LDD churches missionary efforts were in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavian countries, and Western Europe. Which is why such a high percentage of the population is Caucasian. In my hometown in Utah, there was a large Icelandic population that were amongst the early setters. My ancestors were also amongst the original settlers of the town, but they were mostly from the North Eastern and midwestern United States, (but were mostly of English descent). However overall, my ancestry is from England, Ireland, Wales, Sweden, Denmark. So I still have very diverse ancestry. Despite that fact that my ancestors go back about 6 generations as Mormons, before me. And today the LDS church is one of the largest churches in the world and has several million members. So even if all Mormons today only married and had children with other Mormons (which is not the case, but if it were) the gene pool is more than plenty large enough for it not to be considered inbreeding. Although when I was in high school, whenever I went on a date from high school, my parents would question my date to make sure we didn’t have any shared close relatives. I was actually also happy to learn that my now husband was adopted from out of state as an infant, while we were dating, because yes it did mean that we weren’t at all related. And Ironically, after my best friend and I had been best friends for over a year in junior high, we discovered that our grandpa’s were first cousins, and we shared the same great-great grandparents. (Although her grandpa was also adopted as an infant, so we weren’t actually biologically related, that closely).
Haha, thats just women overall being women. Women were like that in Cali too, at least when the majority cared how they looked (way too much)
You many have Mormon face but you've always reminded me of Kirsten Dunst too.
Kirsten Dunst and Uma Thurman have a Mormon look.
I think she looks like Jodie Foster
One thing's for sure, mormon girls are beautiful. Definitely an underappreciated group of people in terms of physical beauty.
OMG thank you! I’m a Navajo silversmith and I noticed that the Mormon traders all had the same look and clothing styles.
Do you sell your work?
I live south of Dine land, and they are the same here. You see them on sight. It's 50/50 here, and they stand out. (Or others do, lol)
It’s funny because my ex’s family is Mormon, but not from Utah. You could pass for a sibling of my ex and look at lot like my 15 year old daughter as a result 😅😅. I never knew this was a thing until I found your videos.
I had to look at my maternal line closely after Alyssa did her video on her ancestry as there are similarities in many of my maternal relatives. I didn't find any links though, darn.
This cracks me up! I definitely come from Mormon stock but we moved to Utah from the Seattle area where we had a good amount of diversity….
Living in Utah was a culture shock for our family and yes, there is definitely a LOOK, oh and the teeth, it’s like EVERY SINGLE TEENAGER has braces before heading out on their mission, I always knew when a sister or elder were from Utah…. Ha!
Anyway, Good people here who are always willing to help and serve… Just be aware, when you go down I-15 and passed the gates of Mordor at about Thanksgiving point, you enter into Prozac land! Perfect smiles, perfect hair, all of the children are clean and beautiful, beautiful smiles and in sports and volunteer and too busy to get in trouble. I’m sure that’s not really true but it seems like it. Lol
Thankful we live north of SLC….
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Kindly do not insult people who are probably not leftist in values by calling where they live after an antidepressant. Very few conservative Christian individuals are trapped on a psychotropic medication without adequate management, as most people on newer antidepressants & anti-anxiety meds tend to be.
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No doubt…… But from an outsider, that’s what it appears…..
@@kayceetaylor2151 Most outsiders don’t understand that the majority just are happy and willing to serve and live a good life as they seek the light of Christ in their lives… ❤️🙏🏽🥰
Like the Stepford Wives movie
You cannot insult somebody , using simple words ti describe. You can only decide to get insulted because you think someone has a power to make you feel insulted. But thats only your power to do it to yourself @@kayceetaylor2151
I have 5 LDS kids. The girls are "drop dead beautiful" The boys are handsome and tough. How many of you have a son that was asked to go to Afghanistan as a mercenary type employee at big money! Another one who was high rank in the military, and was sent to the Middle east a lot to "take care of business"! How bout LDS national conference: One of my sons is always "packin". He has made a lot of enemies. Some times he is picked to sit on the stage as part of the security detail. He loves street fighting so it works out pretty well!
I wonder if genetic bottleneck diseases are common in Utah
Probably is the case for the more traditional sects that still perform polygamy.
Like Quebec province in Canada. There are at least two genetic disorders found in that region among the French speaking population. Very rare anywhere else.
@@BunnyWatson-k1w That’s also true for us Cajuns/Creoles in Louisiana
The Utah Mormon population is one example of a group that has experienced a genetic bottleneck, primarily because of their relatively closed community, shared ancestry, and lower rates of intermarriage with non-Mormons historically. As a result, certain genetic disorders, such as familial Mediterranean fever, cystic fibrosis, and certain forms of cancer like hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), may be more prevalent in this population compared to the general U.S. population.
@@BunnyWatson-k1w I wonder what those genetic disorders are?
Could you tell us a little bit more about the Mormon DNA? That's pretty interesting.
Seconded
DNA analysis is able to now detect small groups (I can’t remember the exact term). I’m adopted so I took one- it was able to tell that some of my ancestors came from a small group in the south end of Glasgow in Scotland. My sister, who I’m not biologically related to, was told on her’s that she comes from the first European fur traders in North America.
Usually these subgroups are based on a famous or well researched groups. I imagine the first Mormons were pretty easy to research (based on the amount of genealogy Mormons do) and the fact, like Alyssa said, that they were isolated/intermarried for so long
Sometimes the DNA testing companies like Ancestry will create “communities” of folks with similar DNA backgrounds/heritages. For example, I had it show up on my ancestry DNA that I/my ancestors were likely mountain west mormon pioneers because of my DNA mix of northwestern Europe/England/Denmark. So it’s not necessarily exactly DNA but genetic background.
The grouping wasn’t wrong, my ancestors did emigrate to Utah from England and Denmark.
She has a video where she goes into detail about her family history and her DNA results! Very interesting
I think this is inbreeding, when you stick people together for a few hundred years they just end up with very little genetic variation. Especially if you add the actual incest.
Until you show up as mormon on a DNA test.
You can also have a certain ethicity mix that is most common on an island but I think that's not the case for mormons, as we know they are going to be mainly white and related.
"Kicked out the Native America" is a way to say massacred them without saying that.
YT algorithm probably won’t let her be honest
That part, damn...way to put it lightly @@professionalinsomniac8338
Where is your evidence? I have read extensively about the Mormons. There is only one story in history about them killing dozens of Native Americans from one tribe. There is more evidence for them massacring immigrants on wagon trains.
Stop mongering, mormons were most likely the kindest outsiders to natives in that time, often teaching them modern agriculture. They were non-violent isolationists.
Your history seems to have been whitewashed. You just don't want to believe that your own people were capable of terrible things but they were, and they did them.@@RadTac
That’s because Brigham Young is everyone’s great grandfather. ❤❤❤
Salt Lake County also has not just the state or the nation but the world's highest per capita use of antidepressants. It's a tough place to be a wholesome woman here!
Tamp down all those rebellious thoughts. Pray, smile, stay sweet, and take your meds. There's a good girl.
@@magdlynstrouble2036 They also have to get a tummy tuck after having 6 children and a boob job so they aren't playing soccer with their nipples.
Yikes!
They commit suicide at a higher rate than most of the country too. Utah isn't first but it's close behind other mountain west states that are also full of Mormons like Idaho and Wyoming.
@@mikespencer237😂😂😂😂😂😂 True
30 years ago I worked with a Mormon girl who does look like you. I'm fascinated by different faiths so I'd ask her a lot of questions about the Morman religion. She taught me a lot.
I am adopted. In my early 20's I was inactive in the church. My roomate said, "Maybe you don't have Mormonism in your genes." 😅
When I joined the church my friends said I could never be a true Mormon. They equated Mormons having great white teeth like the Osmonds.
@user-og2wt3le4j there seems to be a hierarchy in the LDS church. Converts and those who aren't "typically attractive" blondes might be excluded especially when it comes to dating. Maybe I'm wrong, but I live near a temple and this is what I've observed.
Well I am adopted from a Mormon family to a Mormon family. So ha! Lolz my mom was one of those bishop’s daughter’s who had to go away to “summer camp” until her little “problem” (me) was taken care of.
@@PrairieDawnCconsidering Mormon’s extensive history of white supremacy, you’re probably not wrong.
That was clearly a very ignorant comment. I am an LDS member from South America. I grew being a member there and I have been to church even in China. No one ever felt "less LDS member" for being from a different background. I live in Utah now and go to church every Sunday and never I felt any discrimination or anything like that from not coming from a Pioneer family or not being white. That's absurd. There's also many white people that are new in the Church that might look similar or different to the other white people and maybe few people that are bored care about that but most of the people don't care about that.
Mormons are beautiful...... Everybody of the same ethnicity is supposed to look alike.....
I might not like the Mormon church or its philosophy... But their people are beautifully stunning... There's nothing wrong with that
It turns out my wife and I are 4th cousins. We're Utah Mormons.
For perspective, if one goes back 30 generations, one has a billion ancestors. Except, there weren't that many people in the world. If one looks at genealogies extending even a couple of centuries back, or at least mine, people seemed typically to marry from nearby communities, so I suspect that very many couples were 4th cousins.
Far enough removed that genetic conditions very very rare in the wider population would still be very very unlikely in your own kids.
My LDS husband often says he's related to everyone he knows here in Northern Utah. His mother's family settled Riverside and I am literally surrounded by them. They no longer ask why I won't convert because I speak truth and they can't debate the truth.
@@bearcubdaycarethat’s very different than 4th cousin….
I have been going to SLC for work a couple of times a week for the last 25 years. I’ve always said that there are two kinds of pretty. Regular pretty and Mormon pretty. Pairing well with all of the men looking a little doofy. (Sorry guys, but you see what I’m talking about)
My second wife was LDS. Had this look too. We agreed before we got serious that I would never sign up. But I respected her beliefs and quit caffeine. Just switched to decaf. Her bishop visited one day and saw the coffee pot. I told him that I was drinking decaf thinking I was in the clear. The only thing he ever said to me after that was “no hot drinks” dude never spoke to me again
Why are the men so hideous
Wow. Didn't know they could marry outside either. How did THAT happen? And did they get to you in the end .. & did the marriage last?
If you were never a member of The Church, he wasn't as concerned with your transgression as he was of your then-wife being around a temptation, and over "the appearance of evil" that it gave HER to have a hot drink in the house that she, too, lived in, whether or not her name was on the deed to the house, or the lease. That appearance of evil may have effected her temple worthiness, as I am aware Utah bishops are sometimes 'waaay more stringent than they need to be. A certain kidnapping & serial grape survivor from, I think, the Salt Lake City area was excommunicated for not being repentant of being forced by her attacker to drink alcohol to receive any food or water, and when he gave her alcohol, he was about to grape her. Now, maybe this is just my thought process, but if a virginal, little girl KNOWS she's about to be graped, it just seems obvious that she would do ALMOST ANYTHING SHE COULD to deaden the physical pain, and hopefully, deaden some of the emotional pain, too, even if it only made it a mere TAD less-terrible. But, maybe the problem was that her bishop had not been graped daily -- and sometimes more than daily -- when he was a little boy, so he had never bothered to consider how much that hurts -- all day, OR FOR DAYS, so he had no idea how to possibly empathize with what she had been through for several months on end. He might still have the ABILITY for empathy, and just be very sparing about who he feels empathy for. I think that is about the most DISCOMPASSIONATE thing a person can do, to not feel empathy for a preteen child who was kidnapped and graped more than daily, over an extended period of time.
you are beautiful and look rather similar to the German women here in Germany, I feel connected. Rock on!
Or Swiss-German, most of the Mormons came from Switzerland or Germany… A lot of women in the Zurich area look like you 😊
Utah women are beautiful. My 3rd great grandfather was one of the first 50 to enter the great salt lake. He was one of the five with Brigham Young at immigration point. I recently lived in Utah. The most diverse population I've ever seen.
One of the most confusing periods living in a LDS region was repeatedly being proselytized to as an indigenous american. I was constantly asked to join the church as if there was this collective amnesia and they were the ones confused.
Omg that’s sad and audacious but the way you phrased it is so funny
I don't understand what you mean. Can you kindly explain it, please?
Never thought Mormons would be so interested in implants... 😅
Then again, when you're taught at an early age your role is to get married, be obedient to your husband, and be a caregiver, maybe that implants something in your mind that appearances matter a LOT.
It's true, there is so much pressure to look like the "ideal woman" -- your "godliness" is partially tied to your appearance. I'm not Mormon but I saw a documentary about how Utah has an issue with prescription opiates because (primarily) Mormon women have trouble with the amount of pressure they're under because of their society (understandably). It's really sad.
So much of Mormonism is caught up in appearance being an outward reflection of faith it seems. Plus I guess being conventionally attractive in that all American type of way makes you a walking advertisement for the church.
Did you mean to make a pun?😂
@@lizzybeary No, but now I see it 😂
"Implants something in your mind..."
No boob implants among Mormon women in my area, much to my disappointment.
I have no issue with a woman wanting to get a boob job. I just hate that a lot of times women feel like they have to maintain their attractiveness for their husbands and their churches push the ideal of sex in marriage being a religious expression of love. So after they have umpteen kids because God and the church commands it, they then have to have surgery to change their strong, amazing bodies to look like they didn’t grow and deliver all those babies. Again I can totally understand a woman wanting to lift her chest back up and remove excess skin. I’ve never had kids and would love that. I just hate that it’s the expectation, and women feel societal pressure and possibly pressure from their husbands and family members to have these surgeries.
It’s also telling that churches don’t talk about encouraging post partum health care like pelvic floor therapy and making sure everything heals properly and sex doesn’t hurt. They don’t have to be explicit, but they could preach that husbands need to care for their wives by making sure they got physical therapy and were ok down there. Churches have talks with just the women and just the men, and that could be something discussed then. Bring in an OB-GYN. In France, that’s part of the state medical system because they consider sexual pleasure a human need that can be damaged by pregnancy and childbirth.
I grew up fundamentalist Christian, and I know so many women who had post partum issues that weren’t addressed. It was just blown off unless it was interfering with urination and defecation. Because the woman’s sexual pleasure is not important. Or they wouldn’t preach about being “joyfully available” when the husband wants sex. If they cared they would tell husbands to stop being selfish and care for his kids and let his wife rest.
Sometimes I think life would be easier if I just joined a cult. It would be like childhood all over again. Then I'm slammed back to earth with the stark reminder that I'd also have to pretend to believe bunkum like that.
@@BeckBeckGo Make no mistake, there is God's truth, and there is also (unfortunately) a gazillion and one counterfeits. Many masquerading as some kind of wholesome altruistic group (cult). God IS real... Jesus Christ is the only way to Him, as stated in the Bible ...and he loves His creation... and hates the lies leading people into cults like these. A bit like money, there's genuine currency, and then there's the counterfeit stuff. The introduction of any counterfeit doesn't make the real stuff any less real does it?
Societal pressure affects both sexes. It's weird when women complain about societal pressure from men to always look good but if a man complained about societal pressure to provide for the family or do physical jobs around the house - they'd be dismissed and probably laughed at. It's best to understand that societal pressures affect both men and women and not to take that as an attack on your particular sex.
@@vmoses1979it’s weird you made this statement under this video, and this comment section.
Also 10 to 15% of men are sole providers in the US.
@@333beeproved his point. He made a valid statement and instantly got the weird label.
I've lived in Denver, Phoenix, Portland and now SLC area and I've noticed that Utahans seemed to be good happy people, in general. I've really enjoyed living here.
Yes. The only Mormon girls I knew growing up all looked like sisters, and were all super pretty. Like you. And you look like a sister of other Mormon girls I knew. It is all truly fascinating.
The thing that gets me is how many LDS people marry someone who looks SO much like them. You'd swear they were brother and sister.
No they don't. Dear God, if you replaced Mormon in these comments with "Jew" you'd have a f4cking N@zi rally
now that you mention it, a former therapist of mine (who is also exmo) has a similar face and even a close- if not the same- shade of blue eyes
You said it. I lived in SLC for 3 years on business. I am Hispanic from New Mexico. Boy was it ever a culture shock. I remember a friend and I having breakfast on Sunday at some big flowery place. We at the same time were looking around at the patrons. Loads of them. He and I were the darkest people in the room. We both said it. “They have very pretty family’s but they all look the Same” . Another friend with us who was a non practicing Mormon but he looked like them
He said they call them , the women , “ Stepford Wives “
I grew up in western Montana where there is a considerable population of Mormons (if you weren't Catholic or Mormon in my hometown you were basically a religious minority) and noticed this too. And TBH most of the Mormon girls I grew up around were fine as hell but when I spent some time around the SLC area in my late teens I did notice an abnormal level of folks with physical deformities.
I live in NV and was invited to a Mormon church a couple of weeks ago. This was my first time ever going (I'm Catholic) and that was the first thing I noticed. Most of the women had very long hair and looked a lot alike. Although it was very peaceful and they were very welcoming, I felt out of place because I definitely did not fit the mold (I'm black with butt length dreadlocks and no, it had nothing to do with my race--several little kids came over and sat with me, which was super cute).
Soounds like you fit close enough lol
This was one of the reasons I married someone from the other side of the world... I often felt like my gene pool might be shallow, and wanted my kids to come from a deeper one
thanks for making this I was gonna comment on one of your videos that for some reason you "look mormon" to me and I couldn't tell why so I figured it would be mean to comment and I didn't
Does that mean they are inbred? Not trying to be rude, sincere question.
Would love the link to the longer version of this reel...in case there is one.
Not quite. To be inbred you have to be more closely related than that. This is more like how the late Queen Elizabeth II of England and her husband Prince Philip were third cousins. Not close enough to cause genetic problems, but not normal in the community.
@@what_equals_42that's is very close
@@Taurus-i8dIt’s close but not close enough to cause problems. Most people throughout history would have been breeding with people that were at least some form of cousin.
@@mrscharmless they will still share DNA. And smiling genetics
Not necessarily, they are just the same ethnicity
This is a very soft way of saying “Incest”
not necessarily insest but definitely inbreeding, but probably incest also.
@@JockBlock-vd2epIsn't inbreeding still incest? Am I getting the definition of incest wrong I thought it's when you "keep it in the family"
No, it’s called “endogamy” - marrying within your cultural group
@@JockBlock-vd2epwhat do you think incest is?
@@Sharletwitch Incest is committed with someone directly related to you, like a parent or a sibling. Cousins always marrying cousins is not incest, but it's still mainly the same genes getting passed around, giving the weak ones plenty of opportunity to "flourish."
it’s so funny because my friend is mormon and i didn’t know what that meant. She moved to Utah two years ago and then I found your channel. She has a million siblings, she’s an academic genius, she’s super religious, homophobic (and we live in a blue state), and her whole family is blond with blue eyes. Can’t believe i JUST made the connection.
What a BASED community, gotta move to Utah!
Very Mormon-y😂😂😂I’m dead ☠️ that’s hilarious but actually Ngl u do look a LOT like my Mormon friend now that u mention it
This is an inspiring testimony! I’ve been searching for something like this for a while. Thank you so much for making it.
They're blue Eyes red hair blondy real Mormon joseph smith 🤠
This 'look' would also apply to muslim communities who prefer to marry closely due to not intergrating into their new country eg Pakistani migrants in Britain
Crazy. I just found out about your channel yesterday. I went to a Mormon church the other day with a friend that wanted to check out the genealogical records center they have that’s open to the public, and there was an old black and white picture of a lady on one of the screens that looked just like you! Not a knock, you’re both very pretty.
I had never notice but if that s the case Im moving there, your face is very angelic
Mormons are extremely nice and kind people. When they come to Uruguay they always say "please" and "thank you" with a big smile. It's incredible
Normal people say please and thank you, not a specific trait amongst Mormons .
Domestic violence and partner murder and child abuse are however more common amongst Mormons …
So the niceness is mostly false to please their so-called church , which is really a horrible and sickening cult !!
So did the salesman when I bought my last car at Lowball Lenny's Used Car Emporium. It's part of the sales pitch for the cult. Nice sells!
Yeah, they are trying to attract more people to their cult, and they act very nicely when they are very minority, I'm sorry to tell you it won't be the same if you are the one who are minority amongst them
I have never understood why believers in God want to alter their physical form to look different from how they believe they were 'created'. Isn't that the ultimate disrespect of God's design? Don't cosmetics and cosmetic surgery take believers further away from their God? What do I know, I am just an atheist, yet Mormons getting boob jobs is causing me some cognitive dissonance.
I think it has more to do with body image problems (especially after childbirth) and finding financial success.
I also suspect that there is an undercurrent of... Well... Private addiction that the men are experiencing that might be affecting the way women feel about their bodies. But of course I can't prove it.
I tried Botox one time. The doctor said Mormon women are her primary cash-cow clients because they are expected to continue to look fresh for their husbands (and no doubt compare themselves to one another). I live in areas of the Arizona valley that are highly Mormon populated.
I thought your comment was quite profound and very true!
Mormons kinda come in 3 flavors. The beautiful ubermensch, methtacular twiggy folk, and the goblin people. It's fun going between Target and Walmart and getting the gamut
Yeah, the prejudice comments in these threads are over the top. I've had too many really decent Mormon coworkers, friends, and neighbors to join in on this negative band wagon.
Alyssa is definitely #1! I'm so jealouuuussss of her angelic looks
But what on Earth is #2? As a non-native speaker, I'm completely lost 😅😅
@@Li_ToblerMethtacular means they smoke a lot of meth (meth+spectacular) and twiggy means they're very skinny
@@IanErnst-sr1jn oh, thank you so much! But how can they use meth and still be practicing mormons? 😱 I thought even coffee was forbidden
Imagine a video like this but it focused on Islam. It would be considered racist.
So very interesting thank you for sharing
And they’ll say they look the same because they have this “light in their eyes” haha (I have Mormon face too)
My daughter who is very blonde deals with being stereotyped Mormon. She's out. LOL Despite the fact that both her parents have dark hair. There is Scandinavian in her dad's side though so it just came out in the one kid.
Can confirm as a Barlow(one of the original families that settled Utah). Thats why there is a joke of "inbreeding" regarding utah because there was heavy interbreeding in the families. My portion of the family wandered from that a while ago, however we still breed like rats and we pay attention to the last names Barrows, Kunz, Kelsch, Kingstons, and several others, oftentimes having to get elder family members involved to confirm how related we were. When I met my current boyfriend and he wanted to date me, my first response was "arent we cousins?" Took us 4 hours to determine how related we were. I know a lot of people with think its weird because he is technically a distant cousin of mine, but when you have heavy polygamy in your family line and there were only a few families that built the state, it can be difficult to find someone who isnt related to you and aligns with you culturally.
There may have been several generations ago, but Mormons on average have a very low inbreeding coefficient.
I used to travel to Utah for work. Everyone was very nice and I thought they were all very beautiful
Mormons are all very beautiful you’re very lucky
Mormon face or not, I think that you're very pretty, Alyssa!
Yes , she's not exactly ugly for sure .
Fear not, it’s still a fine face! Glad you escaped though.
Escaped? It's not a prison.
@@KA-in6sx They are not maybe for her family but not where I'm from.
Hmmm... as a Spanish brown haired Cuban guy I like to think of my appearance as special here. I'm going to have been in Salt lake for seven years this fall
That’s such a great way to look at it. I honestly would probably feel the same way.
I've been around Mormons my entire life and I've never thought of this. Mind blown.
I’m a 7th generation Mormon from 12 separate family lines… I’m basically a purebred Mormon.
Mormon isn't a tribe, race, or ethnicity. You may be purebred european as most early mormons (and american settlers) originated from that area of the planet. Purebred Mormon isn't a thing though.
When I first left the church I was bitter and resentful. Going back to Utah and visiting, it really is a beautiful place. Beautiful natural spaces, clean cities. I saw a group of young men in Provo let an older lady go to the front of a line just because. I have never seen that in Toronto.
The point is, just because it's weird doesn't make it all bad. All the progressive cities are full of tents and drug use. So they don't have it figured out either lol.
If you're still living in Utah, all the best!! You've got a great state to live in!
it's also a place where religion rules, so that knocks it down quite a bit.
@@chlyri visit and find out for yourself
Norway is very progressive and hundred better than Utah.. very clean, neat, very modern, and amazing beautiful nature
There was a multi generational study going for many decades in cache valley because it's such a homogenous population. Few variables to deal with.
Also why I left there 😅.
Same. Fuck that place
The girls are pretty. You are pretty too 🤗😘