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Romney polygamy roots loom in family history
AP notes polygamy was a major part of Mitt Romney's ancestry with great-grandfather Miles Park Romney taking a fifth wife in 1897, and great-great grandfather Parley Pratt said to have twelve wives. The piece places these ties alongside ongoing public debates about Romney's faith.
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