Nellie Larson Nelson & Dage Nelson begat  Hannah-Greta Elisabeth Nelson (Elisabeth) . Mary  Bitterman begat John Maxwell Bitterman  .  John & Elisabeth    married, and begat Sidne, Scott  & Eric  .  Back then,    they were the  Bitterman family.  They lived in Pennsylvania  , New Jersey, South Carolina, Indiana and Georgia  .   Scott's brother  (who used to be Eric Bitterman,   but is now Eric Barricks) married (the girl on his near right),  and they  had a baby girl!

Scott 's  sister (now Sidne Buelow )  married  George   and they live north of New Orleans .  Scott's Mom 's brother is a very serious  Swede: we can't reveal his identity.  Interestingly enough, you will note that Elisabeth  's maiden name was Nelson - not Nilsson    like her full brother who was born a Nilsson (the name saga continues)... Her brother and his wife   soon had   two sons - our  Cousins - Doctor Kent    & Reverend Walter  .   Kent married poetess Heidi   and they live in North Carolina   with their daughters,   Annika    - and Ingrid ... Our other cousins  , Walter & Holly   , live in Maryland - where Walt is a minister and Holly is a nurse ; they recently had a daughter, Julia Pearl - and are about to have a son!

Scott's dad   , now John Barricks  , recently moved to Costa Rica  where his address includes "past the Mango tree which grows in the road, 150 meters from the lubrication shop" (we're not kidding).  John 's half-brother Frank   - whose name really is Bitterman, still lives in Atlanta.

Scott 's mom, Elisabeth     (who retained the name Bitterman) lived her last seven years in Ohio with Eric and family . We lost mom in March 2005.

Oh, did we mention that Scott's Grandfather, Dage Konstantin Nelson/Nilsson,

greatly resented the name Scott and always called him "Chester" -

while Scott's mother, Elisabeth, wanted to call Scott "Bruno."

Scott is eternally grateful for his given  name - and for not having

to go through public grade school as either Chester or Bruno...

There will be no quiz on the names.