Bjarne. My older daughter had a strange experience the first time she went to the USSR. As her group passed through Helsinki, she felt she was seeing many people who looked like her, and that the language she should have been studying was Finnish and not Russian. Her senior year in college she changed her language from Russian to Finnish and spent the rest of her senior in Turkou. The following summer she traveled up into the Arctic Circle to meet the Lapps. It was here that she Really felt at home. We have a picture of her in Lapp costume in a large family group where she looks to be like everyone else.
Her great grandfather has the name of Fenlason...and always felt His family was from Scotland. I think the Scottish link to have been from Scandinavia. Erika is somewhat short and tends to be round. My family is southern Ireland and southern England. The genes will 'out".Kathleen---- Original Message ----- From: "Bjarne og Leif Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: European ancestors > Hi, > Yes and i would like to add, as it was me who sended the bad message at > first about all americans being of europe origin. This was a stupid thing, > it was not intended to be of any type of racism or anything, just a blubr > from my part. > I should have said that every american has origins from the old world, not > europe. Sorry about this. > What about russia, dont russia count in as european? I really dont know. > Everytime i visits the gustavians in Sweden, i can always tell they are > swedish, and that even that we are so close neighbors, Denmark and Sweden it > is very typically the way they look like. Something about their eyes, and > their shape of face. Off cause many swedes are very pale and has blue eyes > and golden hair, but it is not only that. > Here in Denmark we have many danes with very dark hair and also dark skin. > They have their origin from Spain, as Denmark had a lot of spanish troops > living in Jutland, during the wars in 1864. > Funny how our past still have so much influence for us all. > > Bjarne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adele de Maisieres" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 9:17 PM > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: European ancestors > > > > I'm mainly of Irish and French-Canadian descent, with some Swedish, Welsh, > > and English thrown in. Apparently, I'm very Irish looking with extremely > > fair skin and green eyes. My costume obsession: early 16th-century > > Florence. > > > > -- > > Adele de Maisieres > > > > ----------------------------- > > Habeo metrum - musicamque, > > hominem meam. Expectat alium quid? > > -Georgeus Gershwinus > > ----------------------------- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
