The LDS Presidency


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Here are the relationships to different LDS hierarchy


Gordon B. Hinckley, president of LDS Church:

- Grandfather, F. Ira Hinckley, F. Bryant S. Hinckley, both Stake Presidents

- Uncle, apostle Arza A. Hinckley

- Cousin, apostle Joseph B. Wirthlin and his brother 70 Richard B. Wirthlin (his wife Jeralie Mae Hilton Chandler related to 70s Waldo P. Call and Russell C. Taylor, apostles Orson Pratt and Parley P. Pratt, 70 John B. Dickson)

- wife of apostle Neal A. Maxwell

- 70 John H. Groberg, who's related to the wives of apostles Neal A. Maxwell and M. Russell Ballard; wives of 70s C. Max Caldwell and Keith B. McMullin; 70s Robert D. Hales and Earl C. Tingey; apostle Arza A. Hinckley (Groberg's wife Jean Sabin Groberg is related to apostle Dallin H. Oaks and 70 W. Eugene Hansen

- 70 Albert Choules

- apostle Rudger Clawson

- cousin, 2nd counselor James E. Faust

 

Thomas Spencer Monson:

- 70 Graham W. Doxey, wife Mary Louise Young Doxey related to pres. Brigham Young and Lorenzo Snow, 70 quorum pres S. Dilworth Young and Clifford E. Young, 70 LeGrand Curtis, wife of apostle Joseph B. Wirthlin, apostle Henry B. Eyring, apostle LeGrand Richards, 70 Lance B. Wickman, 1st pres counselor Stephen L. Richards, 1st pres assistant Stayner Richards, wife of 70 W. Don Ladd

- wife of apostle M. Russell Ballard, who's related to 70s John H. Groberg, Graham W. Doxey, Cecil O. Samuelson and Bruce D. Porter

- 70 Spencer J. Condie, who's related to 70s Richard C. Edgley and Jack H. Goaslind

 

James Esdras Faust:

- apostle Richard R. Lyman

- 70s quorum pres Marion D. Hanks

- Gordon Bitner Hinckley

- 70s quorum pres S. Dilworth Young

- pres George Albert Smith

- 1st pres assistant Nicholas G. Smith

- apostle/pres Spencer W. Kimball

- apostle Amasa M. Lyman

 

Wife Ruth Wright Faust related to

- 1st pres councelor Marion G. Romney

- 70s Hugh W. Pinnock, V. Dallas Merrell and Lance B. Wickman

 

The Counsel of the Twelve

 

Boyd Kenneth Packer:

- wife of 70 C. Max Caldwell. Caldwell is also related to 70 W. Mack Lawrence, and wife Bonnie Lee Adamson Caldwell is also related to apostle L. Tom Perry and 70 John H. Groberg...

 

wife, Donna Edith Smith Packer related to

- apostle Luke S. Johnson

 

Lowell Tom Perry:

- uncle, 70s quorum pres Alma Sonne

- 70 Earl C. Tingey

- wife of 70 Richard C. Edgley

 

1st wife Virginia Clare Lee Perry related to

- wife of 70 C. Max Caldwell

 

2nd wife Barbara Taylor Dayton Perry related to

- 70s quorum pres John H. Taylor

- pres John Taylor

 

David Bruce Haight :

- wife of 70s John K. Carmack and John E. Fowler

- 70s H. Verlan Andersen and F. Arthur Kay

Neal Ash Maxwell:

- 1st pres ass/ 70 O. Leslie Stone

Wife Colleen Fern Hinckley Maxwell related to

- pres Gordon Bitner Hinckley

- 70 John H. Groberg

- councelor N. Eldon Tanner

- presiding bishopric councelor /70 H. Burke Peterson

- apostle Arza A. Hinckley

 

Russell Marion Nelson:

- 70 Rulon G. Craven (wife Donna Lee Lunt Craven related to 70 Jerald L. Taylor, who's heavily related to several other 70s)

 

Dallin Harris Oaks:

Related to one of the 3 BoM witnesses, Martin Harris 1st wife Verda June Dixon Oaks related to

- 70s Waldo P. Call, William R. Bradford, and Earl C. Tingey

- wives of 70s V. Dallas Merrell ja John H. Groberg

 

Melvin Russell Ballard Jr.:

- uncle, patriarch Joseph F. Smith (b. 1899)

- Grandfathers - apostles Melvin J. Ballard and Hyrum M. Smith

- Great Grandfather pres Joseph F. Smith

- descendant of presiding patriarchs Joseph Smith sr and Hyrum Smith

- pres Joseph Fielding Smith

- patriarch Eldred G. Smith

- wife of 70 James O. Mason

 

Wife Barbara Bowen Ballard related to

- apostle Thomas S. Monson

- 70s John H. Groberg, Graham W. Doxey and Bruce D. Porter

- wife of 70 Cecil O. Samuelson

 

Joseph Bitner Wirthlin:

- father, presiding bishop Joseph L. Wirthlin

- cousin, pres Gordon B. Hinckley

- brother, 70 Richard B. Wirthlin

- cousin, 70 Albert Choules

 

Wife Elisa Young Rogers Wirthlin related to

- uncle, 70s quorum pres Clifford E. Young

- cousin, 70s quorum pres S. Dilworth Young

- GF 70s quorum pres Seymour B. Young

- Great Grandfather 70s quorum pres Joseph Young

- wives of 70s Graham W. Doxey, Lowell D. Wood, W. Don Ladd and Robert K. Dellenbach

- 70 LeGrand Curtis

- apostle LeGrand Richards

- pres Spencer W. Kimball

- councelors J. Reuben Clark and Stephen L. Richards

- assistant Stayner Richards

 

Richard Gordon Scott:

Wife Jeanene Watkins Scott related to

- 70s John E. Fowler ja L. Aldin Porter

- wives of 70s Lance B. Wickman, D. Todd Christofferson, Glenn L. Pace

- apostle Charles C. Rich

Robert Dean Hales:

- 70s Carlos E. Asay, Glenn L. Pace, Earl C. Tingey, Aldin Porter, John H. Groberg and Cecil O. Samuelson

- wife of 70 Keith B. McMullin

- 70 H. Verlan Andersen

 

Wife Mary Elene Crandall Hales related to

- wives of 70s William R. Bradford, Ben B. Banks ja Dennis B. Neuenschwander

 

Jeffrey Roy Holland:

- 70 Robert E. Wells

- wives of 70s Cree-L Kofford, Earl C. Tingey and Jack H. Goaslind

- 70s quorum pres Antoine R. Ivins and Robert L. Backman

- 70 George I. Cannon

- apostle Erastus Snow

- councelor George Q. Cannon

 

Wife Patricia Terry Holland related to

- 70s quorum pres Zerah Pulsipher

 

Henry Bennion Eyring:

- cousin councelor Marion G. Romney

- 70 Ronald E. Poelman

- wives of 70s Lance B. Wickman and Graham W. Doxey

- apostle Adam S. Bennion

- pres bishop Victor L. Brown

- 70s quorum pres Samuel O. Bennion

- 70 Richard P. Lindsay

 

Wife Kathleen Johnson Eyring related to

- pres bishopric councelor /70 H. Burke Peterson

- 70 Marlin K. Jensen

- wife of 70 F. David Stanley

 


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