Oh yeah....
There was also a family that had a lot of power. The family tree to the "former family":
Dad - PO (warm, loving, genuine man; I do miss him, he passed years ago)
mom - pioneer and general unpleasant woman
4 - 5 kids if memory serves - both boys Elders in other halls, both daughters stayed in our hall and married, their hubbies were elders
the 2 Boys had tons of kids, most are all out of the religion, there is one kiss ass kid still in, and I believe he's in Bethel
One daughter had a cheating husband that was DF'd and he could never get back in
Other daughter is a huge gossip, her and her husband are long gone
This family gradually died off, moved, etc., and finally a new family replaced them, and my family moved halls to where WE had more family. I went to a hall where my dad and grandpa were elders, my grandma was an aux-pioneer, and I was thought to be one of the best theocratic young men in a long time. I was untouchable in this hall. People left me alone and never questioned me, until I got married, then I became inactive, then I changed halls to a different one, then got divorced and went back to my "family hall". There were 2 large families in the hall, my family (and our friends) and the other family, as soon as I moved back I was again untouchable. It was great for a long time, but I knew since college that I didn't believe it anymore. So eventually I came to terms with the fact that sooner or later I would be DF'd, and last March I finally got it.