https://askgramps.org/our-patriarchal-blessings-declare-that-every-one-our-family/ Moral answers to everyday concerns, curiosities, and uncertainties. Gramps considers all questions on all topics from all sources. Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:41:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://askgramps.org/our-patriarchal-blessings-declare-that-every-one-our-family/#comment-33550 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 05:09:00 +0000 http://www.askgramps.org/our-patriarchal-blessings-declare-that-every-one-of-our-family-except-one-are-from-the-house-of-ephraim-one-daughter-is-from-the-house-of-manasseh-does-this-make-her-a-lamanite/#comment-33550 I have dark hair and olive skin. My father, whom I never met, was from South America and I heard he claimed his lineage was from Spain and he had a Spanish surname. My patriarchal blessing said I was mixed blood and the predominate lineage was Ephraim. I concluded that I was probably all European descent–Tribe of Ephraim, Spanish surname, father claimed he was Spanish descent. I recently had my DNA tested and I was about 2% Spanish and nearly a quarter Native American. I have known people who are less Native American than I am who are of Manasseh. I don’t think that Lamanite and Manasseh or synonymous. I had a friend who was from Manasseh and wasn’t aware that she was Native American. I also knew a Jew who was from Ephraim in her Patriarchal Blessing. I believe we are a mixture and we get the blessing of the tribe in our Patriarchal Blessing.

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