One man who has done it before and is again being ordered to give a DNA sample is Warren Jeffs. His name is among the long list of parents from whom the judge is seeking DNA samples. Jeffs is currently incarcerated in the Mohave County Jail in Kingman, Ariz., where he faces criminal charges accusing him of performing child-bride marriages.

"He had to give DNA samples upon being booked into our jail," said Mohave County Sheriff's spokeswoman Trish Carter, adding that she did not know if Texas authorities would be able to get that sample or must require a new one.

FLDS members who spoke to the Deseret News Tuesday said they were complying in an effort to get their children back. They waded through crowds of TV cameras to comply with the order. It turned into a public spectacle when clownish TV personality Pauly Shore showed up to hound the FLDS, the police and the news media.

Williams carried scrapbooks filled with pictures of his former family, his children smiling in a family portrait.

"They have beautiful, loving caring mothers. They should be returned to their families," he said.

Asked if that family would include him, Williams replied: "As Heavenly Father sees fit."

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