Tag: heritage

Heritage Matters

by marjasisu, posted in Reflections

Terve! (Hello!) I'm North American, but my DNA is nearly 100% Finnish. It explains a lot about me and my family, and I learn more each year. I learned a lot more in my hometown last month. All of my grandparents were immigrants. There's a strong politically-generated passion in the U.S. right now about immigrants, … Continue reading Heritage Matters

Finn Family Ties For Many Moons

by marjasisu, posted in Camp Many Moons

July 10, 2019. She's 102 now, one of 21 children born to the same parents and the only one still alive. As if that's not enough to amaze, she owned this piece of property 50 years ago and I didn't even know that. Today, she visited Camp Many Moons. "She" is Aunt Martha, my Dad's … Continue reading Finn Family Ties For Many Moons