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This is my first cousin, once removed - Irving Varpness and his wife, Lucyle (Johnson) Varpness. They live in Minnesota. I have never physically met them yet, but they are very dear to me. It was in March of 1997 when I found him on-line. That was the year that I was searching for my father and his family, which that in itself is a long story for another time.. anyways, I learned of my paternal grandmothers maiden name which was 'Varpness'. .thru one of my other cousins, Larry Warsik of Florida, that I also found that year and I did a search on AOL's member directory using her maiden name. We have been in touch ever since. It is thru my dear cousin Irving that I have been able to learn all about my grandmother's family who were all reared in Minnesota with Norwegian roots. Finding Irving and keeping in touch has meant so much to me that no one will ever really know. He has truly enriched that part of my family knowledge that was denied to me for so long. So I salute him and all the work he has done over the years in his research of our Norwegian roots.
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