For My LDS Readers: Video--"DNA vs Book of Mormon"

 

"DNA vs Book of Mormon (INCREDIBLE New Evidence)"--Lifey (13 min.)

    I wish I had seen this video when it first was published in 2016. The short version of the video is that the information it presents is another stake through the heart of the two Cumorahs theory which postulates that the events recorded in the Book of Mormon took place in Central America. 

    I've brought up this theory before, and noted a letter from Joseph Smith identifying the Hill Cumorah in New York State as the same one where the final Lamanite-Nephite battle occurred, which necessarily runs counter to a Central American location. I've also noted that the copies of characters from the Gold Plates don't match writing in Central America, but did appear similar to writing of the Micmac in North America (and some writing copied from ruins in South America). 

    Another blow to the two Cumorah theory came when genetic studies of tribes from Central America failed to show genetic connections to the Middle East and, more particularly, the Jews. The two Cumorahs theory had been pushed for so long by so many, that this actually caused some members to question their faith and leave the Church. 

    However, and this is the main topic of this video, subsequent genetic research of Native Americans in North America (including remains from archaeological sites) did show some groups that shared otherwise unique genetic markers with Jews, and these were all groups in the New York, Great Lakes, Ohio and Missouri areas. The video also goes on to discuss early letters from Joseph Smith that further associated specific tribes in this area with the Lamanites.