I recently found a relation to Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormons.
I found this a few months ago, but was watching a show on History Channel called 10 Things You Didn't Know About and the subject was Mormons. Joseph Smith, or actually Joseph Smith Jr, was my 4th cousin 6x removed.
The story of Joseph and the Mormons is quite interesting and disturbing that it happened in the United States. The state of Missouri declaring war on the Mormons and they should be exterminated is crazy! Illinois asking them to not only leave the state, but the country itself(the Utah territory was part of Mexico at the time.) The real story behind polygamy, Brigham Young, President Buchanan declaring them treasonous and deploying the army on them, the Mormon attack at Mountain Meadow in 1857 are all fascinating stories.
