Mitten's genealogy:

[Are_grits_groceries]

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Like Mitt Romney, the Mexican Romneys are descendants of Miles Park Romney, who came to the Chihuahua desert in 1885 seeking refuge from US antipolygamy laws. He had four wives and 30 children, and on the rocky banks of the Piedras Verdes River, he and his fellow Mormon pioneers carved out a prosperous settlement beyond the reach of US federal marshals. He was Mitt Romney’s great-grandfather.
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http://articles.boston.com/2012-07-12/nation/32639661_1_miles-park-romney-mitt-romney-george-romney

Mitt Romney’s father George was born in Chihuahua, Mexico in 1907, the son of Gaskell Romney and Anna Amelia Pratt. Three generations of Romneys lived in Mexico because Miles Park Romney, a polygamist, moved the family there in 1884 as it became increasingly clear that the U.S. government would not tolerate polygamy in the Utah Territory. The 1882 Edmunds Act stripped polygamists of the basic rights of U.S. citizenship, denying them the right to vote, serve on juries or hold office. Not dissimilar to current immigration raids, U.S. federal agents hunted and arrested polygamists, who were forced to leave the country or risk jail.

Miles chose to leave the country, bringing his multiple wives and children with him across the southern border. In his 1902 book, The Story of the Mormons, author William Alexander Linn states that the “Secretario de Fomento of Mexico” related that “The laws of this country [Mexico] do not permit polygamy,” and that the contracts for the establishment of Mormon colonies in Mexico required the same.

If true, Miles Romney then knowingly arrived in direct violation of Mexican immigration law.
Utah became a state in 1896, only after laws were passed there prohibiting polygamy. While polygamy may have been illegal in both countries, the Romneys still found Mexico more to their liking. All four of George’s grandparents would live out their days in Mexico, with Anna’s mother Dorsey being the last to die, in Chihuahua in 1929.
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http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=2221ae7bd2f86efbb82aeecca4d59cc4

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Mitt Romney: Ethnic Ancestry Summary
40.6% England — Mostly Northwest England, partly W.Midlands.
18.8% Scotland
26.6% Colonial-Yankee
12.5% North-German
1.5-3% French, Acadian and possible Huguenot (see entries #5 and #7 far below)
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Much more detail here:
http://hailtoyou.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/mitt-romneys-ancestry/

ICE needs to check out Mittens. Ask for his papers.
Does he claim dual citizenship?

[BumRushDaShow]

1. His father was not a "natural born" citizen

so he is not an American despite claiming to be "born in Michigan" (or was he?).

[JHB]

2. 100% rich prick

Just sayin'

[KurtNYC]

3. How and when did George Romney become an American citizen?

And, just curious, do children in polygamist families refer to their birth mother with a different term than they use for the other wives?

[chelsea0011]

4. I would be interested in how that works also.

His family tree from his great grandfather would be huge. Mormons run huge data banks with everyone's genealogy (I've always wondered what their interest is in this), and they are one of the go to organizations for any family tree you may be making. So, I wold love to see the Romney tree just for prurient interest.

[WolverineDG]

5. Yes

if one of his parents was a Mexican citizen, he can be a citizen of Mexico. It's not automatic, though.

[Johonny]

6. I was expecting a VIC-20 somewhere in the family tree

[riverwalker]

7. the only battles fought by Romney men

in their entire family history were AGAINST the US Federal Marshals.

[riverwalker]

8. and against innocent non-Mormon settlers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War

At the height of the tensions, on September 11, 1857, more than 120 California-bound settlers from Arkansas, Missouri and other states, including unarmed men, women and children, were killed in remote southwestern Utah by a group of local Mormon militiamen. They first claimed that the migrants were killed by Native Americans. This event was later called the Mountain Meadows massacre and the motives behind the incident remain a mystery.

[cali]

9. this is stupid. it's not productive and who gives a shit about it?

It's what's in his taxes and what he did as gov and Bain that I want examined.

[Are_grits_groceries]

11. Thank you for your time.

It's pertinent because of the way that the GOP portrays immigrants from Mexico. Romney hasn't offered any productive ideas. It should be pointed out to him that he is extremely callous for someone with close family ties to Mexico whether he wants to acknowledge them or not.

Latino voters are a large and ever growing voting block as I'm sure you know. This will not endear him any further to them.

Pointing out these facts in certain areas does not prevent the full scale attack on him about his taxes and Bain. Every avenue better be covered because this may mean more to some voters than the financial matters.

[rustydog]

10. Willard Mittens Rawmoney is an ANCHOR BABY?