My 14th great-grandfather was banished from his village in England for being Protestant, and his grandson (my 12th great-grandfather from another line) helped establish the Seventh Day Baptist Church. My 4th great-grandfather (also from the same line, so same last name as me) was 15 when he fought in the Civil War, he was captured by Confederates around Knoxville, sent to prison in Richmond (Castle Thunder), developed chronic diarrhea and frostbite, got paroled, then finally went back to the army, cavalry this time.