THE SHOW follows the polygamous life of the Brown family who belong to the Apostolic United Brethren group.
The family, originally from Utah, relocated to Las Vegas and Arizona so that they could continue practicing polygamy. Here is more about their TLC show and their family.
Sister Wives is an American show on TLC that premiered in September of 2010 and follows the Brown’s polygamist family.
In the family there is Kody Brown, the father, and his four wives Meri, 49, Janelle, 50, Christine, 48 and Robyn, 41 along with their 18 children.
Brown’s wife Robyn, was the last to enter the family in 16 years after their wedding.
The Brown’s are part of a sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or Mormon religion.
They lived in fear of being arrested because of strict anti-polygamy laws in Utah, which prompted their move to Flagstaff.
Polygamy is marriage of more than one woman to the same man.
The church of Latter-Day Saints does not promote polygamy.
The standard doctrine of the Church is monogamy, as it always has been, as indicated in the Book of Mormon.
However, the practice began during the lifetime of Joseph Smith but became publicly and widely known during the time of Brigham Young.
Subsequently, the fourth president of the Church, Wilford Woodruff, received what Latter-day Saints believe to be a revelation in which God withdrew the command to practice plural marriage. He issued what has come to be known as the “Manifesto,” a written declaration to Church members and the public at large that stopped the practice of plural marriage.
A source exclusively told The Sun that Robyn is “absolutely his favorite wife.”
“When I saw them, the looks they gave each other, it’s obvious. Every single new wife who comes in are favorite. She’s young, pretty, she’s absolutely favorited,” they said.
In 2014, Kody divorced Meri to marry fourth and “favorite” wife Robyn, which Meri cried over on the most recent season and was seen without her wedding ring.
Apparently, when Robyn married Kody, the other sister wives grew jealous of their new union.
Christine walked off the Sister Wives set and didn’t return for three days when she learned Kody selected Robyn’s wedding dress.
Fans also believe that the reason the Sister Wives relocated to Arizona was due to Robyn’s son obtaining a scholarship to the University.
Kody and Robyn also purchased the most expensive home in Flagstaff out of all the wives.
The couple bought a 5-bedroom, 4-bathroom home for $890,000 despite financial troubles.
Fans have long blamed Robyn and her son, believing they pushed for the move.
Robyn has now seemingly confirmed their theory as she tweeted this week: “Dayton decided to live at home during college and Aurora is planning on living at home while she goes to college so we can afford it.
“So I needed to have enough bedrooms to accommodate that,” she mentioned.
As of 2019, Kody has been married (formerly legally and now spiritually) to Meri for 30 years, Janelle (spiritually only) for 27 years, Christine (spiritually only) for 25 years, and Robyn (formerly spiritually and now legally) for 10 years.
In other words, Kody has four “wives” but is only legally married to Robyn as of now.
However, he still dates his “spiritual” wives as Christine mentioned she went on a date with him after Kody’s divorce from Meri.
The only legal marriages have been between Kody and Meri until their legal divorce in September 2014, and to Robyn in December 2014 in order for Kody to legally adopt Robyn’s three children: Dayton, Aurora, and Breanna.
The “marriages” to Janelle and Christine and Meri, after the divorce, are considered “spiritual unions.”
Meri, Christine, and Robyn were all raised in polygamist families, but Janelle was raised in a monogamist family.
