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AFAIK, Johnson is a Scandinavian name that follows the tradition of having your second name be that of your father (Johnson = son of John). I think Iceland still does this. Judaism was not common in those areas. It's entirely possible they could have converted or that she was Jewish and Erik's father wasn't.Do you mind explaining that for the non-native English spekers, please? Is Johnson not a typical Jewish name, or even a typical non-Jewish name?
Also, here in America, we had a tradition of changing peoples' names to something more easily pronounceable. The most common group with the name Johnson are black because... well... see history. But this was common to all at the time. My Italian family name is lost to the ages and now we go by the name of the town we came from.
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