{"id":32179,"date":"2026-08-08T09:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32179"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:41:08","slug":"sister-wives-leon-brown-calls-childhood-upbringing-a-cult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32179","title":{"rendered":"Sister Wives\u2019 Leon Brown Calls Childhood Upbringing a &#8220;Cult&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1336162\/sister-wives-kody-browns-child-leon-brown-comes-out-as-transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">Leon Brown<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is getting candid about their childhood in a &#8220;family of four parents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:eonline.com\/news\/sister_wives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><em>Sister Wives<\/em><\/a> alum\u2014whose dad <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1417390\/why-sister-wives-kody-brown-says-hes-not-a-ladies-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">Kody Brown<\/a> <\/strong>was spiritually married to mom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1411137\/sister-wives-meri-brown-gives-rare-update-on-her-and-cody-browns-private-child-leon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Meri Brown<\/strong><\/a>, as well as <strong>Janelle Brown<\/strong> and <strong>Christine Brown Woolley<\/strong>, when they were born in 1995\u2014detailed their unconventional upbringing in a polygamist household.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were in the cult then,&#8221; Leon said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@leointhemtns\/video\/7669889313311591710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">Aug. 4 TikTok video<\/a>. &#8220;We were homeschooled until we moved to Utah when I was 10, and then we started going to the same church\u2014cult church\u2014which was sort of like the main one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the 31-year-old\u2014the third oldest of Kody\u2019s 18 kids, including five from Kody&#8217;s marriage to fourth sister wife <strong>Robyn Brown<\/strong>\u2014religion &#8220;got a little all encompassing&#8221; when they started attending the church&#8217;s school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On Thursdays, we had primary, which is like religious education for children\u2014or religious indoctrination for children,&#8221; they continued. &#8220;There&#8217;s some religious, like, scrupulosity there. 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