This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LindaJBergan Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.houghton/2437.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm so glad to hear from you. So the descendants of Ida did know she was a twin? Was there any contact with their cousins after their mother's death? My grandma Rachel would have been a first cousin to Jennie. She was a sister to Philip whom you know of. Were you aware of him through research or was there some kind of contact. (I would really like to know the names of her children if you would be willing to share them with me.) Ida's mother, Margreta Niemela Luusua, would have been living yet when Ida passed away. Margreta is buried at Woodland Cemetery near New York Mills, Minnesota. She died in 1910. Her husband is buried in the churchyard of Bugoynes, Norway, where Randi Irene lives. I'd be glad to take a photo of Margreta's tombstone if you'd like. We have elderly relatives in the area that we take my mom to visit periodically. Our summer home is only about an hour away. My aunt, Gertrude, who is 96 and not well has told me that she is quite sure Eva had a brother at Duluth whose wife died leaving him with children, at least a couple of boys and that they were farmed out as well, she said given up for adoption. Do you know anything about this? There are quite a few Luusuas in that are according to the MN death index. My aunt thinks the brothers name was August or Herman. She thinks that there might actually have been two brothers, one of each name. Our cousin Randi, who lives in the little town in Norway where the Luusuas came from is descended from Eva & Ida's brother Mickel Herman, who stayed in Norway. So I wonder if that is the Herman my aunt has heard of? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.