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Originally Posted by Stewie
My father's side has been traced back to the 1400s. It came from Swedish archives that my grandfather put together before he came to this country. It's quite interesting but we need to have some of the details translated since it's written in Swedish. My mom's side is also from Sweden but hasn't been traced as far as I know. I'm sure I'm related to Eric the Red, Leif Ericson (one begets the other), and probably a killer Viking or two.
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That is pretty cool that you were able to go back that far. The story on my surname is that it was given to my great-great grandfather by the king of Sweden. Something about needing to be able to tell all the Svens and Svenson's (Eric/Ericson) apart when they joined the military.