Duluth man’s royal connection is family tree

October 16, 2011 at 7:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune

King Harald V probably won’t meet him today, but he has a distant cousin in Duluth. Vern Nelson, 80, a retired history teacher and coach who’s temporarily living in the rehab wing at Essentia Lakeshore, traces connections to much of European royalty through his grandmother, Caroline Dybing Nelson. Continue Reading