"The Mormon prophet Joseph Smith Jr. certainly descended from Niall to the Nine Hostages, a fifth-century Irish chief, as discovered by Ugo Perego, senior DNA researcher at the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation... Perego has identified in Joseph Smith's DNA a part presenting a very rare marker called M222. Through this finer analysis, it found that this same marker was present in the north-west of Ireland, and in less amounts in the Scottish Lowlands. »"Concerning the people of Lehi, Joseph wrote, ""They were mostly Israelites, the descendants of Joseph." "It is possible that Joseph Smith referred to Zoram, stating that he was not a Jew. It may also be that he spoke about those who accompanied the Mulekites (presumably the Phoenicians). But it's also possible that he spoke to other people who were accompanying Léhi... Bottom line: I think Léhi brought in servants and landed in a largely uninhabited area of Florida, among a small population of hunter-gatherers who did not live in an organized society. » ( Jonathan Neville, <i>Moroni's America</i>, pages 84-86)Léhi = Manassé ; Ismaël = Éphraïm ; Mulek = Juda
I am a firm believer in the words of Prophet Joseph Smith, “We have heard men in priesthood say that they would do whatever their presidents told them to do, even if they knew it was wrong.” But such obedience is worse than madness in our eyes; it is extreme slavery. He who would lower himself so willingly should not claim any rank among intelligent beings until he has turned himself away from his madness. A man of God would despise such an idea. Others, in the extreme exercise of their all-powerful authority, have taught that such obedience was necessary and that whatever the Saints receive from their Presidents, they were to do it without questions. When the ancestors of Israel go as far as teaching these extreme notions of obedience to the people, it's usually because they are prone to evil themselves. Joseph Smith son, The Millennial Star, vol. 14, no. 38, p. 593-595)
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