Lögberg-Heimskringla - 05.02.1993, Page 2

2 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 5. febrúar 1993
Letters to the Edítor
Experíence in
lceland
Re: Letter of Bjöm Jónsson, 15, Jan. 1993.
The reference letter reminds me
of an experience in 1972 in
Iceland. My family together with
an aunt and uncle from Reykjavík
drove to the north to visit our relatives
on the farm. In Húsavík when we
stopped for bensín and to wash the
cars, my uncle Kristján Bender spoke
to a man who happened by. When the
man Ieft, Kristján said to nfe, “He is
related to you. Did you notice the
missing upper front tooth? Just like
Grásíða Man in the National Museum
in Reykjavík.” Grásíða Man is a skull
dug up on my ancestral farm, Grásíða,
in Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla not too far
from Kinn.
Theodore R. Beck
Seattle, WA USA
Seattle’s Fjalikona for 1992
Lára Jonsson
Lára was bom, raised and educat-
ed in Iceland, where she eamed
a degree in teaching, and served
as “teacher principal” in Borðeyri in
Hrútafjörður. In 1987 she and her
young daughter, Harpa, came to Seattle
where she was married to Eric Jonsson
the following year. The Jonssons and
nine-year-old Harpa make their home
in Redmond. Harpa spent last summer
visiting her grandparents in Iceland.
Lára is presently working toward a
Master of Education degree at the
University of Washington while also
serving as Notary Public for Senior
Estate Planning.
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Outlandish Claim
In his otherwise excellent article
“Ancestor of us all” (L-H 1-22-93)
Einar Kvaran ends by saying “Jón
Arason is generally believed to be the
ancestor of all living Icelanders despite
the relatively short time since his death.”
Historians estimate that by the year
1100, the population of Iceland was 70
to 80 thousand Since this is long before
the time of Jón Arason, did all of these
people, descendants of numerous
Vikings, hailing from various families
and areas of Scandinavia, Ireland, etc.
drop dead? Did they not have any
descendants that could account, not
only for Jón Arason, but all of his con-
temporaries?
Could it be that his immediate family
lived alone in Iceland at the time, and
they were so sick and tired of the old guy
and two of his sons, that they chopped
off their heads?
If, upon reconsideration, Einar sticks
to his claim, I suggest that he provide the
readers of L-H with a list of authentic
sources where this “general belief” is
clearly stated.
Being born and brought up in
Iceland, feeding on the Sagas, Icelandic
history and geneology, I have never
heard of this, and from the simplest logi-
cal and analytical point of view, it bog-
gles the mind.
Bragi Magnússon, Fridley, Minnesota
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ln answer
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My heritage is, indeed, Icelandic and I
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