My maternal grandparents were not "Swedish" but were Swedish dual citizens, spoke Swedish and my mother learned enough to converse in Svenska. She was born in Pennsylltucky in 1914, but I had two uncles who were born in Sweden.
On my paternal side, my gradma spoke Enflish, Yiddish, and other languages with a Welsh accent. My dad could spe…
My maternal grandparents were not "Swedish" but were Swedish dual citizens, spoke Swedish and my mother learned enough to converse in Svenska. She was born in Pennsylltucky in 1914, but I had two uncles who were born in Sweden.
On my paternal side, my gradma spoke Enflish, Yiddish, and other languages with a Welsh accent. My dad could speak Welsh.
Virtually everyone I knew as a kid were "picklers." My dad's family were in the produce business. Everyone had cellars filled with produce they had canned.
My maternal grandparents were not "Swedish" but were Swedish dual citizens, spoke Swedish and my mother learned enough to converse in Svenska. She was born in Pennsylltucky in 1914, but I had two uncles who were born in Sweden.
On my paternal side, my gradma spoke Enflish, Yiddish, and other languages with a Welsh accent. My dad could speak Welsh.
Virtually everyone I knew as a kid were "picklers." My dad's family were in the produce business. Everyone had cellars filled with produce they had canned.