Jun 15, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family
Question Dear Gramps, I have been reading the Family: A Proclamation to the World and it made me think about different families who might not feel they belong to the description in the Proclamation. How can I help people appreciate the Proclamation if they do...
May 1, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family
Question Gramps, If a father is unworthy and the mother is deceased, can an adult child be sealed to his grandparents or aunt and uncle? Pat Answer Pat, The sealing power was restored through the great prophet Elijah who came to “turn the...
Mar 24, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Abortion, Babies, Premortal Life
Question Gramps, What and where is the scriptural basis for your contention that a person’s spirit existed in Heaven before that person’s earthly body was born? Does that spirit inhabit a baby’s body before birth or, as you see it, or does it...
Jan 22, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family History
Question Gramps, A non-member relative living about 2,000 miles from me has asked this question: “I find it interesting to see the intensity of interest devoted to this (family history) by the Mormon church. Does the interest arise from the religion or is...
Jan 20, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family History, Jesus Christ
Question Gramps, Why does Matthew record the genealogy of Joseph in his introduction to the Savior’s mortal mission? Would not Mary’s genealogy be more important? Were Joseph and Mary so closely related that their genealogies were nearly the...
Jan 2, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Children
Question Gramps, I am still sealed to my ex. I have since remarried. We were told by our Stake President that we can’t be sealed till we have been married for 5 years, which will be up in about 1 1/2 years. I am pregnant now and it’s really...
Dec 11, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Temples
Question Gramps, I gave birth to twin babies 3 years ago. They were both born alive but lived for less than two hours before returning to their Heavenly Father. Please help me understand whether or not I need to do temple work for them. Baptisms? Endowments?...
Nov 3, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family Roots
Question Gramps, How did Lehi get into the tribe of Manasseh if he came from Jerusalem (Judah)? Dallas Answer Dallas, It is interesting how reading something quickly can lead us to believe certain assumptions. But a closer reading reveals how...
Oct 31, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family
Question Hi gramps, After my parents got divorced I lived with my mom. Awhile after the divorce my mom would do drugs and was never around. After I was placed in foster care my dad turned down the opportunity to take me and my brother but took my sister. I...
Oct 11, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family
Question Gramps, Several years after our marriage, my wife and I were sealed in the temple and our three children sealed at that time. We later had a daughter born under the covenant. She has become inactive in the church but is very well read and only watches...