FAMILY TREE
OR WREATH?
What happens when cousin marriages, plural marriages and actual court records enter the genealogy chat?
OPEN THE BRANCH OFFICE ↗THE PARODY. THE POWER STRUCTURE. THE PAPER TRAIL.KEEP YOUR
KEEP YOUR
FAMILY
TREE.
The Kingston Order has a complicated story. Our parody comes with a simple request: family trees should branch, adults should be able to choose, and serious allegations deserve real sources.
POLYGAMY • REPORTED INTRA-FAMILY MARRIAGES • COURT CASES • ABSOLUTELY NO FAN FICTION
NOT YOUR
AVERAGE
FAMILY
REUNION!
SUPPLIED ARCHITECTURAL PHOTO • ILLUSTRATIVE, NOT PROOF OF AFFILIATIONAVERAGE
FAMILY
REUNION!
START HERE
THIS IS NOT A NORMAL FAMILY ALBUM.
Explore the practices, court decisions and unresolved allegations through satire that points to evidence.
FAMILY TREE
WEDDING
BELL? ALARM.
Marriage is not a punchline when consent and age are in question. We satirize the system, not those harmed by it.
READ THE MARRIAGE FILES ↗YOUR HONOR,
EXHIBIT A.
Convicted? Pleaded? Reported? Those are three different things. Meet the labels nobody should skip.
OPEN THE DOCKET ↗RECEIPTS FROM THE PUBLIC RECORDTHE TRUTH HAS
THE TRUTH HAS
BETTER PUNCHLINES.
1935The Davis County Cooperative Society's origin year, according to published histories.
2002Utah appellate decision affirmed David O. Kingston's incest and unlawful sexual conduct convictions.
2023DOJ announced sentences in the Washakie-related federal biofuel tax fraud case.
The difference between a hard fact and a spicy allegation? A fact survives the click-through. Our source grades make the distinction visible, with full context and defenses wherever we can find them.
SEE THE GRADING SYSTEMA TREE WITH STRANGE DIRECTIONSGIVE THE
GIVE THE
BRANCHES
SPACE.
In a 2002 Utah case, an appeals court affirmed convictions of incest and unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old against David O. Kingston. That is a court outcome, not a rumor about every person with the surname.
Separately, women who say they escaped the Order have filed civil suits alleging coercion and intra-family marriages. Those allegations are contested and must be treated as allegations.
SHOW ME THE RECORD
SATIRICAL ILLUSTRATION • NOT A GENEALOGICAL CHARTTHE THREE-RING READING ROOM
PICK YOUR FILE.
From family structures to official decisions, every door leads somewhere more useful than hearsay.