Maternal granddaughter of Vernon Clyde Sorenson (b. Minnesota, son of Clyde Rudolf Sorenson (b. Minnesota) and wife Christine J. Peterson or Petersen (b. South Dakota), paternal grandson of Henry Christian Sorenson (b. Denmark) and wife Anna Sophia Stangeland (b. Denmark), and maternal grandson of ... (b. Norway) and wife ... (b. Denmark)) and wife Evelyn Genell Knous (b. Ohio, daughter of Clifford Allen Knous and wife Stella Leota Gallimore, paternal granddaughter of James William Knous and wife Hannah Elizabeth Cowhick and maternal granddaughter of Samuel Wesley Gallimore and wife Minia or Mina or Mima Howell).