Potential Children from Joseph Smith's Plural Marriages

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Potential Children from Joseph Smith's Plural Marriages

DNA analysis has ruled out most of the candidates that have been proposed as Joseph Smith's children. Why is that?


Did Joseph Smith father any children by his plural marriages?

If the only purpose of plural marriage was to “raise up seed,” why did Joseph Smith not have any children by his wives?

Did Prescindia Buell not know who the father was of her child?

Did Joseph Smith father a child by Prescindia Buell?

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