If so, she's an idiot.
This sort of moderately colorful ancestor that far back on the family tree is rather endearing than otherwise.
I should know -- my gggg grandfather left Scotland under a cloud (and one jump ahead of the sheriff) and changed his name from MacGregor. The MacGregors were the Mafia of Scotland and I'm sure made lousy neighbors, but time and distance lend enchantment to the view . . . .
“I should know — my gggg grandfather left Scotland under a cloud (and one jump ahead of the sheriff) and changed his name from MacGregor.”
Interesting. I did the Y-chromosome DNA test and discovered I had a bunch of matches with fellows named McGregor. They told me that c. 1600 the McGregors were prohibited from using their last name by the King of England. My branch just never went back to using it when the ban was lifted. Sometime after that they left Scotland and ultimately ended up in Virginia.
I wouldn’t be too hard on the librarian or genealogist researching the Wright Family. In my book the children aren’t responsible for the acts of their parents or grandparents. Taking McCain or even Obama to task for what their ancestors did would be silly.