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My grandpa and his Finnish family before the war
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As I mentioned in one of my first couple posts, my grandfather was from Finland. He escaped during the Continuation War after he aided in the Finn's efforts to hoard and hide weapons from the Russians and the government. He was basically chased out of the country. Well, he left a family behind in Finland.
My mom joined me on this trip, in part so that she and I could meet some of the family; my great aunts, my mom's half siblings and cousin and many others. We spent all day on Sunday (Easter) meeting family, some which we didn't even know we had. Then we spent Monday with other family. While it was difficult to hear the other side of the story that we had heard from my grandfather, it was wonderful to meet and get to know an entirely new branch of my family.
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| The grave of my great grandparents |
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| My mom with her half brother and sister |
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| Most of the family gathered together for Great-Aunt Aini's (in the pink chair) 94th birthday |
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| A new cousin for me! |
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