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The genealogy site confirmed her suspicions. Her great-great-grandfather, a figure lauded for his piety and moral rectitude, was shown gambling, drinking, and cavorting with women. The photographs, each one a damning indictment, revealed a life far removed from the church and community he'd supposedly dedicated himself to.

Her face grew hot, her vision blurring. She slammed her laptop shut. The lies, the hypocrisy, the sheer audacity of it all was almost too much to bear. She stood up abruptly, her chair scraping against the floor, and marched out of the room, needing to move, to do something, anything, to release the pressure that threatened to burst.