Romney and Me

I was listening to PRI’s Fair Game (think Public Radio + The Daily Show) last week and they were talking about Mitt Romney being a Mormon and how that affects his presidential campaign. The commentator mentioned how Romney comes from a long line of Mormons and has ancestors who were significant in the early history of the Church.

I thought, wouldn’t that be interesting if I were related to Mitt Romney! I did a little searching and although I couldn’t find any direct family connections, I did find an interesting historical connection.

Romney’s great-great grandfather was a Mormon apostle in Arkansas.  His murder, by a non-Morman, led, in part, to the Mountain Meadows Massacre for which my great-great grandfather (see photo) was held responsible and executed. Crazy. [source]

Not quite as weird though, as Cheney and Obama being related.