More Sigrid

Sorry, folks, I can’ stop now. Just look at these:

And in old age, she looked just like my Jewish great-grandma without the Jewish nose:

 

I understand this is a coincidence – we have no Scandinavian ancestry that I’m aware of – but I find this strangely inspiring. Well, at least now I know what I will look like in old age.

6 responses to “More Sigrid”

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    Anonymous

    You do have a Scandinavian ancestry thanks to one or more of 30,000 Swedish soldiers of Karl XII.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      I just never thought any of my ancestors were there when the Swedes came. But yeah, I guess we are now discovering otherwise.

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      1. Foode Avatar
        Foode

        Could the opposite be true? That Undset had Russian/ Ukrainian ancestry?

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    el

    May be SHE had some Jewish ancestry somewhere, who knows?

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      She was very anti-Nazi during WWII and before, so I’ve been wondering.

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    Dreidel

    it’s also remarkable how little her physical appearance changed over the decades as she aged.

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