In Lesonen family reunion Venehjärvi village got her own song!

Saturday at 21.5. Lesonen family celebration was held in Uusi Seurahuone Oulu. There was little more than 100 relatives from all over the Finland and Russia. The most farway Lesonen arrived to celebrate from Apatity Murmansk. The event was hosted by Jouki os. Lesonen,  aka Virrankari.

Celebration speech was held by member of the Board Reino Lesonen from Hanko. Adjunct Tytti Isohookana-Asunmaa lecture about life in the White Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia between. Viena Karelian kantele playing and songs by Maria, Kristiina, Julia Filipova with Tatjana Mäkelä from Kostamus. Celebration also appeared in a hugely popular stand-up comedian Ismo Leikola. His stories were told festive occasion of hilarious laughter!

The Oulu Carelian society’s Käköset choir led by Vitaly Chapkovic performed ​​great Karelian songs. In addition, lovely Venehjärvi village in Viena Karelia got her own song. It was composed and written by Viena lived and traveled there a lot of artist Vitaly Chapkovic. Lesonen family home village was a worthy celebration of this song.

The program also included presentation of DNA research, which has been taken in different male Lesonen. The lecture attracted a number of different issues, because of the five people tested samples have shown that genetically these people are not their fathers' side of the same family. Suomussalmi Lesonen branch, Sotkamo Johan Lesonen and Simana Lesonen whose descendants now live in Venehjärvi, are of the same family branch. DNA studies Scientists have calculated their common ancestor born around 1530's. +- 125 years.

One Lesonen branch is Finnish-born and one on the R group, which is found mostly in Central and Eastern Europe. Among members of the family woke up extra interest in having further tests. Y- DNA tests tell only the fathers side, no maternal side. However, each Lesonen is strongly related to each other their mothers' side. When there is in the small village several genes and that way Lesonen have secured the health of offsprings.

Finally, the share of official program Santeri Lesonen from Venehjärvi told to guest about Venehjärvi memorial project to our ancestors.. Even in the last Pokkojuhla 2010 in Venehjärvi came the idea of the project. Lesonen are going to set up a monument to Venehjärvi near by museum for Lesonen ancestors who have lived and born there in a past times. Monument will reveal at Pokkojuhla 27/08/2011 Venehjärvi.

The second Lesonen family celebration was very successful and the following family gatherings will be held in a couple of years.

Photos of the celebration we put the family member of the club's website the album.

Speeches and presentations will be there also.

Sari Heimonen

Genealogical Society of Association Lesonen

Chairman