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[quote=Anonymous]Speaking as one of the whitest of white Americans,

I did visit the region where a lot of ancestors came from in Sweden. We have a genealogy that dates back to the 1600s and there are several small towns in Varmland (some now have different names or don't exist anymore) and I was actually able to find records at old churches and see a burial site of a 5xgreat grandparent. It was really cool.

What I would say is people were very receptive, more than I thought (Scandinavians are known to be rather cold and reserved) because I introduced myself as an American interested in her ancestry with family records and I wanted to learn things. DO NOT introduce yourself as Swedish (or Irish or Norwegian or what have you) and act like you are from there or of that culture, because you're not. You're American. And that's fine.

I'm also really into outdoors tourism so I went kayaking on a big lake that is near the largest modern town where I have documented ancestry, went hiking and camping. It was a good trip. [/quote]

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