...This introductory chapter presents the author’s account of her journey while researching the present volume along with an overview of its main themes. The book explores how Mormon theology came to be fused with Polynesian lineage. The author asks how Polynesians, in general, and her family...

...This chapter presents the author’s account of the lessons she learned during the course of researching and writing this volume. Despite her continued ambivalent relationship with the Mormon Church, she learned that many Polynesian Latter-day Saints have creative and inspiring relationships...