in the book we take an extensive look at his family history to give you a sense of where he came from, where the family came from and very briefly what happened was mitt's great grandfather went to mexico where polygamy could be done when it was outlawed in the united states and that continued until mitt's father george who was born there left when he was 5 years old because of the revolution going on in mexico. it's not the story of many, many generations back. it's a story that affects his own father. mitt romney certainly talks a lot about his father, the governor of michigan, ran for president, and failed. he talks about how he idolizes his father and frankly doesn't want to compete with what caused his father the presidency. romney said he had been brainwashed by generals in vietnam. in the book we talk about how his sister says it affected the