6x Generations of my Swedish side of the family! We immigrated first to the US in the 1880s and then to Canada in the 1900s! We were originally from Brunstorp and Jonkoping, and our surname was Brun (Brown).

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  1. Interesting how some features pop up after generations, like the eyebrows of your great-great-grandfather, who you share 1/16 of your genes with.

  5. At first i though it was one of those “me, her, her father, there ex” memes 😅 and I was like… “Beside Mac Gyver i have no idea who any of these are…”

  6. Ok to clear up some confusion from those who saw the post I made on the Denmark subreddit:

    In this photo, my great grandfather had Swedish and Norwegian ancestry. His wife, my great grandmother, was a Dane from Tversted, Denmark. I created collages of both sides because it greatly interested me and I thought it would be nice to share these photos with others.

  8. Sad to see that the post you made in the Danish sub was way more positive than this one. Bunch of surkukar here sadly lol.

    Very interesting post however. Greatly appreciated that you shared this!

  9. I find your family history and interest in my country heartwarming. Don’t worry about the haters. I hope you’ll get the chance to visit us and feel some connection. 🙂

  10. Great-Great-Great-Grandfarther made me think of Stromae!

    Your Great-great-grandfathers hair is fashon in Sweden right now!

    Also, it would be cool if you could get photon of everyone in simulare age. Your Grandfather looks like 20+ years older than anyone else.

    Very cool picture tho! Nice done 😀

    I’ll leave this link here, it may mention your swedish relatives from 1600-1900.
    https://www.hembygd.se/hakarp/gardar-torp-och-bilder/brunstorp

  11. Hey, intresting collage! Sorry you hade to deal with Swedish-gatekeepers and people that don’t understand that your grandpa has 2 parents 🤯. I think People are just too used to people claiming to be Swedish when they are of Swedish descent, but I understand that you don’t claim that.

    Do you have images of further generations down the line or was the camera not invented yet?

  15. I find it really cool that you have a whole line of photos! Time really is short isn’t it?
    Whom of the people in the photo first emigrated from Sweden? Was it your Great-Great-Great-Grandfather?

  16. Are you sure it is brun as in “Brown” and not “brunn” as in a water well. Im guessing that they got the name from their birthplace Brunstorp which i presume means “the water wells croft”.

    *Edit: It might still be spelled “brun” but mean “brunn”.

  19. Just to make sure who you look like the most – can you please take a photo of you with each of the hair styles of your ancestors? Thanks.

  20. Cool to find photos of your great x3 grandfather. When did he live and who went to the americas? Have you heard of the book series “Utvandrarna” (The emigrants) by author Wilhelm Moberg?

  22. Lovely photos! And of course you can be proud over your heritage, many of us genealogy researchers are. Each of us are a mix of the people who came before us. Sweden is one of the best documented countries in the world when it comes to historical records, so there is a lot for you to research if you are interested. There are several facebook groups for researching your swedish ancestry, just do a search and you will find them. Good luck!

  23. Just curious but do you and your family celebrate any Swedish holidays? Btw your great grandfather looks absolutely balling in that suit

  24. In that case I think a relative of yours used to own a record store in Jönköping. His namn was Brun, and that’s not very commun. Can’t remember his first name though. The name of the store was megahertz

  25. I HIGHLY recommend reading the book series The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg about a Swedish family immigrating from south of Sweden to the US in the mid 1800s. You will get a absolutely fascinating understanding what your ancestors went through going across the ocean in hopes for a better home. It’s my absolutely most powerful litterateur experience and left me breathless. It’s an amazing experience reading it and even stronger if you have a family member who made the same trip back in the days.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emigrants_(novel_series)

  26. This is probably your great-great-great-…something…-father’s family: [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0021350_00180](https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0021350_00180)

    His name was Johan Magnus Magnusson and he lived with his family in a place called Brunstorp in Eksjö landsförsamling (parish) in Jönköpings län (county). Brunstorp was just a small croft, they were the only family living there.

    He and his wife emigrated in 1883 with a ship called Thingvalla. In the passenger manifest their last name is Brun. I can’t see that they used the name Brun before that. At that time it was quite common to change your last name when you moved to a new place.

    It seems that the croft was built in 1842, probably by your ancestors, and that they were the first people to live there. The household records show that it was first called Brunsbo, then the name changed to Brunstorp in 1856, and then the spelling was changed to Brunnstorp in 1890. I believe this is the location, even though it is now called Brunnsbo: [https://minkarta.lantmateriet.se/?e=507637.1695778587&n=6395449.5486782715&z=13&profile=flygbild&background=2&boundaries=false](https://minkarta.lantmateriet.se/?e=507637.1695778587&n=6395449.5486782715&z=13&profile=flygbild&background=2&boundaries=false)

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