She and her 10 siblings were named from ancestors on their extensive family tree. She, for instance, was named for her Danish great-grandmother, who had emigrated to America as a young woman after converting to Mormonism against her parents’ wishes.
“Mom used to explain to me how I was related to Winston Churchill, [Pilgrims] John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, and just about any major political figure in the United States or United Kingdom,” Harrison recalls. “When we moved to Utah, she was called as a stake [regional LDS] genealogist and used to take me to read microfiche with her from Danish parishes in the old country.