My grandmother was mormon. Her idea of a hot Saturday night was to spend it at the Oakland temple doing whatever it is mormons do. Before she died, she did our entire family genealogy. It was somewhat facilitated by the fact that a previous wing of the family had published "The Book of Farnsworth" which traced our ancestors to the first Farnsworth to come over in the first decade of the seventeenth century. There was some interesting stuff there, including cousin Philo (inventor of the electronic television), and one female ancestor who was part of the feuding McCoys. There was less definitive evidence on the circumstances of my great-great-grandfather (paternal) and his exit from Scotland. Either he was a thief who fled to avoid hanging or he had some religious dispute with the local clan. All we know for sure is he fled to England, changed his last name, and then sailed away to start over in America.

I suppose if we all look hard enough we will find that we are all descended from kings and criminals, often represented by the same person.