I’m an ex-Mormon — here’s why members of my former church look alike

Space_Time · Apr 17, 2024

I couldn't believe this. In these hyper-sensitive times we have a variation of 'they all look alike'. I get what they mean but how big of a media firestorm would there be if anyone else described any other racial, ethnic or religious group as looking alike:

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/m-ex-mormon-why-members-232853211.html

NY Post

I’m an ex-Mormon — here’s why members of my former church look alike

Alex Mitchell

Mon, April 15, 2024 at 5:28 PM MDT

Alyssa Grenfell left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah to start a new life in NYC in 2017. Since then, she has been detailing the church's inner workings on YouTube.

Alyssa Grenfell left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah to start a new life in NYC in 2017. Since then, she has been detailing the church's inner workings on YouTube.

An ex-Mormon-turned-YouTuber is sharing why so many members of her former church look alike.

Alyssa Grenfell, 31, left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah to start a new life in New York City in 2017. Since then, she has been detailing the church’s inner workings on YouTube — including the rules she had to follow, like not having coffee.

In a recent minute-long video, Grenfell said she noticed on social media that many were curious why members of the Mormon Church tend to have a physical resemblance — in other words, “why certain people look Mormon.”
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Space_Time · Apr 18, 2024

Still no media firestorm:

https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/04/17/mormons-new-york-post-article-alyssa-grenfell/

The New York Post gave a tutorial on how not to write about Latter-day Saints

When held up to scrutiny, the article about Latter-day Saints looking alike starts to unravel

Published: April 17, 2024, 4:13 p.m. MDT

Conferencegoers walk down the steps after the Sunday morning session of the 194th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on April 7, 2024. | Marielle Scott, Deseret News

By Hanna Seariac

Hanna is a reporter for the Deseret News where she covers courts, crime, policy and faith.

Do Latter-day Saints look alike? That’s the subject of a recent article from the New York Post.

The Post published the article Monday with the headline, “I’m an ex-Mormon — here’s why members of my former church look alike.” The piece cobbles together quotes from a one-minute YouTube short video and a couple of research papers to advance the idea Latter-day Saints look alike.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, however, has more than 17.25 million members around the world. With 6.8 million church members in the United States, a majority of church members live outside with recent growth in places like Africa, the Philippines, Central and South America and the Pacific Islands, according to statistics from the Church Almanac.

The Post article, however, suggests Latter-day Saints have a small gene pool relegated mostly to Utah and the Mountain West. While it’s true many members of the church live in Utah, and Latter-day Saints tend to marry within the faith, as church members pointed out online it’s misleading to claim that this leads to members looking alike when the church is comprised of people from roughly 175 countries.
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