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| Erickson brothers |
Obviously I've been around Ericksons all my life, but it
wasn't until a few years ago, when at an Erickson reunion, that I first noticed
a family characteristic. As I looked around the room at the various uncles, first cousins, second cousins once removed, and so on, I realized all of the men had
similar foreheads - high, broad and slightly square, sometimes with a slight
vertical crease above the nose. Now
there is probably some of it in the females of the family, but thankfully I
don’t think it is as noticeable. It works for the men, but I’m not sure it
would look as great on the fairer sex.
I soon realized it wasn't just an “Erickson forehead.” In
looking at a picture of my great-great grandpa, Erik Person, and his brother Nels Utterberg, I saw they too had similar foreheads. (Erik, or Erick, is where "Erickson" comes from.) To test my theory, I looked through some
pictures that an Utterberg cousin, Terri, had shared with me. (Visit her blog here!) As I didn't know the people in
her pictures, I tried to identify my distant relatives by looking at their
foreheads. I was able to pick out most of the blood relatives.
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| Brothers Nels Utterberg and Erik Person |
Have you noticed any characteristics passed through the
generations in your family?
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| Daniel Erickson family |
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