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SoonerCoug · 08-10-2007, 05:50 PM

Great uncle was Pres. Kimball.

Also related to Marion G. Romney.

Henry Eyring is my 1st cousin once removed. Romneys, Kimballs, and Eyrings are all intermarried.

Relation is more important than revelation. (tic)

Tex · 08-10-2007, 06:27 PM

I don't have a single familial connection to any GA out there. Thus, if I'm ever called as an apostle, besides causing the wholesale apostasy of nearly all of Cougarguard, it would complete disprove the they-only-call-people-they-know theory.

Jeff Lebowski · 08-10-2007, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

Thus, if I'm ever called as an apostle, besides causing the wholesale apostasy of nearly all of Cougarguard, it would complete disprove the they-only-call-people-they-know theory.

Hmmmm.... Sounds as if you consider it to be a distinct possibility.

Jeff Lebowski · 08-10-2007, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

I don't have a single familial connection to any GA out there. Thus, if I'm ever called as an apostle, besides causing the wholesale apostasy of nearly all of Cougarguard, it would complete disprove the they-only-call-people-they-know theory.

If I ever got called to be an apostle, I would quit the church for sure. Groucho Marx Syndrome.

Indy Coug · 08-10-2007, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SoonerCoug

Great uncle was Pres. Kimball.

Also related to Marion G. Romney.

Henry Eyring is my 1st cousin once removed. Romneys, Kimballs, and Eyrings are all intermarried.

Relation is more important than revelation. (tic)

I've got ties to the Eyrings, and therefore the Kimballs.

minn_stat · 08-10-2007, 06:50 PM

My father was a missionary in Hawaii at the time Adney Komatsu was baptized, and got to know him then. Continued to have intermittent contact with him for many years.

My father was a professor at BYU for abou 30 yrs until he retired in the mid-eighties, and he knew a few professors who later became GAs. Most particularly, he knew Spencer Condie quite well.

When I was at BYU in the mid-eighties, I was in the geology program with Henry Eyring Jr. As it is a small program, we had a lot of classes together and became pretty good friends. I went to his wedding and shook his father's hand, which is my closet personal brush with any general authority.

SteelBlue · 08-10-2007, 07:28 PM

No familial connections whatsoever. My grandfather was a lifelong friend of Pres. Hinckley (grew up in same ward) and they stayed in relatively frequent contact until my grandfather died. I never got to meet Pres. Hinckley though.

Tex · 08-10-2007, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Hmmmm.... Sounds as if you consider it to be a distinct possibility.

They already offered once, but the offer was withdrawn after my account here was discovered during the background check.

MikeWaters · 08-10-2007, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

They already offered once, but the offer was withdrawn after my account here was discovered during the background check.

No, I think you would be more likely to apostasize if one of us were called, rather than the other way around.

FMCoug · 08-10-2007, 08:09 PM

Since I have no pioneer blood, I am not and never will be connected to church leadership. The best I or my family could hope for would be chief of the 2nd class Mormons.

08-10-2007, 05:50 PM	#11
SoonerCoug Formerly known as MudPhudCoug Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of desolation Posts: 2,548	Great uncle was Pres. Kimball. Also related to Marion G. Romney. Henry Eyring is my 1st cousin once removed. Romneys, Kimballs, and Eyrings are all intermarried. Relation is more important than revelation. (tic)

08-10-2007, 06:27 PM	#12
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	I don't have a single familial connection to any GA out there. Thus, if I'm ever called as an apostle, besides causing the wholesale apostasy of nearly all of Cougarguard, it would complete disprove the they-only-call-people-they-know theory.

08-10-2007, 06:50 PM	#16
minn_stat Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 283	My father was a missionary in Hawaii at the time Adney Komatsu was baptized, and got to know him then. Continued to have intermittent contact with him for many years. My father was a professor at BYU for abou 30 yrs until he retired in the mid-eighties, and he knew a few professors who later became GAs. Most particularly, he knew Spencer Condie quite well. When I was at BYU in the mid-eighties, I was in the geology program with Henry Eyring Jr. As it is a small program, we had a lot of classes together and became pretty good friends. I went to his wedding and shook his father's hand, which is my closet personal brush with any general authority.

08-10-2007, 07:28 PM	#17
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	No familial connections whatsoever. My grandfather was a lifelong friend of Pres. Hinckley (grew up in same ward) and they stayed in relatively frequent contact until my grandfather died. I never got to meet Pres. Hinckley though.

08-10-2007, 08:09 PM	#20
FMCoug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kaysville, UT Posts: 3,151	Since I have no pioneer blood, I am not and never will be connected to church leadership. The best I or my family could hope for would be chief of the 2nd class Mormons.