> on this newsgroup, I thought there was no concrete proof of lineage that far > back. Comments? > I was the one who informed Aftenposten that they had been taken for a ride..:-) not for the first but second or 3rd time, by the same bluff maker, just like Swedish TV2 a few years ago. In panic, Aftenposten removed their article from the WWW, being ridiculed and crucified by Dagbladet, another primary newspaper in Norway (having been being tipped off by me), but later had to reinstall it because of critisism concern press ethics. In 2 weeks time Aftenposten may present the real story about the fake, written by respected genealogist Tore Hermundsson Vigerust. Kai Werner Oestreng