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This is such a small world! Margo's last name is Clabo. Her father-in law's name is Fred.
They knew that his family was from Sevier County, Tennessee, but they
also knew that there was a large contingent of Clabos around Duluth, Minnesota.
They hadn't done the research, but assumed that there was a connection, somehow.

One day Margo received an e-mail from Hanne-Grete a TQS member from Narvik, NORDLAND, Norway. You'll all know her as BrinkOfNorway.

Here's the gist of her story.

When visiting with my 95-year old grandmother yesterday, she told a
family history I did not know about. I knew my grandmother's parents went to  Duluth, Minnesota around 1910, and returned back home 4-5 years later with
enough money to buy a small farm:) What I didn't know was that Grandma's uncle
had already settled in Duluth and just came back to Norway to accompany my
great grandparents to the US. A Few years after returning to Norway, the family over
here in Norway lost contact with "uncle". My great grandparents last name was
Klaebo and "uncle's" name was Nils but Grandma thought he used his second name Fred in the US (easier to say I guess).  Learning my missing "uncles" history it suddenly hit me that Clabo would be the perfect English version of the Norwegian last name Klaebo and thought must maybe there was a connection.  I know Grandma would just LOVE it if I find out if her uncle got marreid, had kids and what happened in his life.

So Margo is thinking that she and Hanne-Grete are related, by marriage, and several times removed and that they are cousins.  That's her story and she's sticking to it!

Hanna-Grete is on the left and Margo is on the right. We think we see a family resemblance.

Amazing what TQS and the love of quilting can bring together!