Dear Gramps,

What has happened to the descendants of Brigham Young? There must be many of them by now. However, we do not hear very much about them in Church circles these days. Thank You,

L.L.

Dear L.L.,

Without a doubt the descendants of Brigham Young are extremely numerous. However, citing one’s genealogy for public examination is not a common practice. We may hear a good deal about his descendants in the Church but not be aware that they are his descendants. In a prayer by Elder Orson Pratt on the occasion of the dedication of the Logan Temple, he prayed:

O Lord, bless him whom thou hast inspired, even thy servant, President Brigham Young . . . Bless, O Lord, his generations after him, that they may rise up and be mighty men in the earth; that they may be clothed with the power and the spirit, so abundantly manifested upon their respected father; and may his descendants, in all generations, enjoy, even more abundantly, superior wisdom and knowledge and understanding from the heavens, to discern in their several callings all things which shall tend to the blessing and glory and future exaltation and progress of mankind on the earth; and that there never may be a time or period, in all the generations of this world, when he shall not be represented by a numerous posterity, who shall enjoy the fullness of the holy Priesthood, and the powers, blessings, and keys thereof (Journal of Discourses, Vol.19, p.33).

Gramps