Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The children of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his wife Emma Smith, are historically significant because of their roles in establishing and leading the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS, now called Community of Christ). The RLDS believed that leadership of the church would flow through Smith's descendants, and in 1860, Joseph Smith III became its prophet and president. The larger LDS Church was led after a vote following Joseph's death by Brigham Young. Joseph Smith, Jr. publicly condemned polygamy, but there is ample evidence that Smith both taught and practiced it, had a number of wives sealed to him, and may have had sexual relations with at least some of them. Though there were allegations of paternity in some of these polygamous marriages, no children have ever been proven to be Smith's. There is ongoing genetic research to determine if any descendants of alleged children have Smith's genetic markers, and so far all tests have been negative.. }
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- Children_of_Joseph_Smith abstract "The children of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his wife Emma Smith, are historically significant because of their roles in establishing and leading the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS, now called Community of Christ). The RLDS believed that leadership of the church would flow through Smith's descendants, and in 1860, Joseph Smith III became its prophet and president. The larger LDS Church was led after a vote following Joseph's death by Brigham Young. Joseph Smith, Jr. publicly condemned polygamy, but there is ample evidence that Smith both taught and practiced it, had a number of wives sealed to him, and may have had sexual relations with at least some of them. Though there were allegations of paternity in some of these polygamous marriages, no children have ever been proven to be Smith's. There is ongoing genetic research to determine if any descendants of alleged children have Smith's genetic markers, and so far all tests have been negative.".