MormonTimes.com: Uniting the Smiths

For descendant, quest began with school report

By Twila Van Leer
Deseret News
Published: Thursday, May 8, 2008 12:40 a.m. MDT
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A high school research assignment turns into a lifelong passion for Michael A. Kennedy, a descendant of LDS Church founder Joseph Smith and the catalyst for recent efforts to bring the Smith family together. To read this Mormon Times profile of Kennedy online, please click here.
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Dear Twila,

This was an inspiring article, and will add...

Phil Boren | May 8, 2008 at 4:47 p.m.

What a wonderful article. It brought tears to read this. I love Joseph...

Shirley | May 8, 2008 at 12:55 p.m.

I had a chance to preview the movie with a number of teh smith family...

Nelson | May 8, 2008 at 10:07 a.m.

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The names of every Joseph Smith descendant are listed on the huge family chart mounted on two walls of Michael and Darcy Kennedy's home in Alpine. (Stuart Johnson, Deseret News)
Stuart Johnson, Deseret News
The names of every Joseph Smith descendant are listed on the huge family chart mounted on two walls of Michael and Darcy Kennedy's home in Alpine.
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