Manasseh, the other son of Joseph, as well as the other sons of Jacob and many descendants in the Church. There may be some come into the Church in our day who are not of Jacob's blood lineage. No one need assume that he or she would be denied any blessing by reason of being, not being of the blood lineage of Israel. The Lord told Abraham, "And I will bless them through thy name, for as many as received this gospel shall be called after thy name, and shall be accounted thy seed, and shall rise up and bless thee as their father." Nephi tells us that as many of the Gentiles as will repent are the covenant people of the Lord; therefore, it makes no difference if the blessings of the house of Israel come by lineage or by adoption. Some might be disturbed because members of the same family have blessings declaring them to be of a different lineage. A few families are of a mixed lineage. We believe that the house of Israel today constitutes a large measure of the human family. Because the tribes have intermixed one with another, one child may be declared to be from the tribe of Ephraim and another of the same family from Manasseh or one of the other tribes. The blessing of one tribe therefore may be dominant in one child, and the blessing of another tribe dominant in yet another child. So children from the same parents could receive the blessings of different tribes.