Part 1: Growing Up in a Polygamist Cult
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The Polygamous Spin to Branham's Teachings
"I'm from a large family and it's like, no, that's my sister. That's my brother," she says. "So when you're calling someone your cousin and you only see them a few times a year, you don't really feel like you're that related." Her dad was the successor at Branham's Church in Western New York to her mother who had been polygamist. She has one full brother and then how many half-brothers or sisters? You can go ahead and say they are all 'half siblings', but not as bad as being spanked if you call them cousins.
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