Though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
-Thomas Paine, America Patriot
My 3rd great-grandfather, Asa Harmon McCoy, is a brother to Randolph McCoy, who was made famous as the patriarch of the McCoy Clan of the famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud.
Catholic Saint Sir Thomas More, who is the patron saint of politicians, among others, and the author of 'Utopia', is my 13th great-grandfather.