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Does the fact that my grandfather is a high level Mason from the Dominican Republic help?

[MeanWestTexan]

"Does the fact that my grandfather is a high level Mason from the Dominican Republic help?"

To some degree, I suppose. He can be one of your three masons who vouch for you.

It's actually very egalitarian, as one would expect from a group that got together and dumped tea into the harbor.