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Originally Posted by SoonerCoug
I don't know why my ancestors converted except for the first Mormon male on my dad's side, who converted in 1832 only because of an ultimatum from his Mormon girlfriend.
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My grandparents on both sides were the first to convert in my family. My mother was merely a teenager when they did and my father was a lot younger. The issue they were having was the southern baptist movement at the time was giving them mishaps on their doctrine. My grandparents lost a set of twins an hour or so after birth and the missionaries told them families can be together forever when their southern baptist minister was telling them their babies went to hell. They were vulnerable and the neighborhood knew what was happening with them. Do I think it was inspired talk when they hit their doorstep? No, it was a social experience with the neighbors the missionaries had that pushed them to say it. When they said it, my grandparents were looking for anything to ease their pain.