I didn’t know I was part of an experiment
Lives Less Ordinary
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Did Your Mother Understand That Danish Gentlemen Were Colony Men?
Helena was just six years old when Danish men asked her mother which of her children was the brightest. She said it was her because she managed to mimic her father speaking Danish. They then told her they were going to take her away from New York for a new life in Denmark. Helena had no idea what this meant and felt pressured into agreeing, but eventually did.
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