I was born and raised in Southern California, along with my mom's entire family and my dad's entire family. I have been working on the family history for some time now, and in July 2015 I went to Norway and met my Mother's Paternal family! It was amazing and by far one of the happiest days of my life. Many of them still reside in the small town of Favang, Norway. Beautiful. I plan on going back in the summer of 2016 and taking my mom to meet her cousins.
My father's side, there isn't much information and I can't find many relatives. Still working on that.
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