Jeg vet ikke så mye om farfar annet enn det lille jeg har hørt om han og det jeg har funnet ut via slektsforskning. Han er helt klart av samisk ætt på morssiden, hun var fra Finnmarkskysten med aner i flere tradisjonelle kjernesamiske områder inkludert Tysfjord og andre steder som Måsøy og Porsanger.
Jeg har aldri møtt han, og vet ikke sikkert om han lever enda. Faren min har mange halvsøsken, og siden jeg ikke har kontakt med min far vet jeg meget lite om dem.
English summary: my paternal grandfather I don’t know and have never met, he has several children including my father. I don’t know if he is living or not and since I don’t have regular contact with my own father I know very little about our family on this side. Btw, I have a half-uncle who is just 4 years older than my age. He is clearly of Saami origins on his mothers side, she was from coastal regions of Finnmark county and ancestry in several core regions Sámi locations including Tysfjord, Måsøy and Porsanger among others.
His biological father may have been Finnish or Mountain Saami or if the records are correct his official/social father who was ethnic Northern Norwegian from Nordland county.
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