thanks to all who are helping me understand and rediscover my finnish heritage. i must post the above photo of my great grandmother mila and her children. mila came to the united states via a steerage class cunard liner in the may of 1907. she spoke no english and eventually ended up marrying the man in the photo-frank alarik hill. my grandmother olga is the girl in the aqua dress.
she spoke fluent finnish and liked to have banana cream pie for dinner. i miss her so much and still dream that she is with us.