The Ancestor Puzzle
Swedes and Americans at Tyresbo, Rumskulla meeting for the first time Sept. 2024 Swedish relatives adding to 21 foot long family tree that I brought with me. Two years ago, with the help of a Swedish genealogist, Christine Bayne, I was able to locate and write letters to surviving relatives in Sweden. I told them about my quest and that I wanted to meet them. I immediately received welcoming and excited letters and emails from about 10 of them. My cousin Birgir Svensson wrote, “I can inform you that we are 34 cousins who meet every 15 years or so. Our ages range from 67 to 93 and most of us are still living. My brother Yngve Svensson is one of the few who still live in Rumskulla today. He lives in Hamra, Rumskulla. He plans to coordinate your visit....So, Carol, I think you will have a great welcome home to Rumskulla when you arrive.” And we did have quite the welcome home! We had a day long reunion in Rumskulla, a small town in rural south-central Sweden in a ...