Survivors and Rebels

Grandma, me, and Jonronnie
During our visit to the Holocaust Museum, Gladys and I looked up our German family name, Rohr. The survivors catalogue listed about 6 Rohrs who survived! I had often wondered how my grandma could live through all the horrible physical and emotional ailments that afflicted her. She was very close to HER grandma, Catherine Rohr. In fact, she was Grandma Rohr's favorite!!! I was so happy to see our family survived!!! Maybe it is a bit genetic...survival...makes me smile.

I also come from a long line of tough Norwegians. My maiden name is Ronneberg. During the occupation of Norway by the Nazis, a small band of resistance fighters managed to blow up a section of the Vermork heavy-water plant, allowing for 3000 pounds of heavy water to be washed away, leaving very little for the Nazis to use. Among them was Joachim Ronneberg. As with the Rorh's, we are distant cousins. However, I have often wondered why I feel so strongly in the rights and wrongs of things...and why I have a natural compulsion to rebel. Maybe that too is in the genes!