of my family was members of the Church before I joined at the age of 18 in Ohio. If your ancestry has any ties back to early MA, VT, NH, CN and parts of NY, you're probably related. Every time I open the FamilyTree ap with others at Church or Education Week, surprisingly to me, I'm related to about 1/2 of the people there. Very distantly, but traceably related.
I've heard people questioning here, but I haven't seen any articles where he was asked. Have any of you?