DAHL FAMILY ALBUM

Family ties are important, especially when conditions reduce travel and physical contact. E-mail and telephone can only do so much. A family photo album is another way to cement deep family ties, especially between the past and the present, and ultimately for future generations. This part of my personal website (password protected) is for those aspects of family life that are personal and the family wishes to remain within the family.

The public part of my website is intended to teach the Bahá'í Faith, documenting both our Bahá'í heritage and my life of service, that hopefully might inspire others. These pages are for my immediate family and our descendants, who can then decide what might be shared more widely once the personal risks of the present Internet are no longer relevant.

For my grandchildren and great-grandchildren, these pages can tell more about their parents and grandparents than we could share ourselves. My older brother Keith lived most of his life in American Samoa, my brother Roger is in Illinois and my brother Gregory and his wife Emi are between Bulgaria and the Czech Republic for the moment, with three children studying in the USA, England and Ireland. Martine has settled in the Bourgogne region in central France, Agnès, Bahador, daughters Lia and Laleh and son Luca are in Geneva (not that I see them any more than anyone else) and Alexander, stepson Jérémie and his son Kovu, my grandson Benjamin and granddaughters Alie and Nalah are in Quebec (see also Travel pages for earlier family visits to California and Quebec). The earth is but one country...

This page is a brief introduction to my immediate family. Links are provided to other pages with more detail on specific events and family members. See also more recent family pictures at Martine's home at Ormes.

For a much more complete past family history on the public part of my web site, as well as a summary autobiography, see My life in pictures including past generations and where I have lived and served the Bahá'í Faith around the world. I am still working on a parallel story of my professional life and service.

Arthur (me) ca. 1943 Me (today) See also A Life of Service

Martine and children in 1979 1 + 1 = 4 (this is biology, not math) NEXT GENERATIONS MY GENERATION PREVIOUS GENERATION

Martine (my wife)

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THE NEXT AND FOLLOWING GENERATIONS

Daughter and son-in-law with Bahador and Lia 2014 After Laleh's birth 2014 Laleh 2015 Laleh 2018	The Swiss side of the family Daughter and son-in-law and grandchildren Lia, Laleh and Luca Geneva, Switzerland My daughter is a doctor working in emergency pediatrics in a clinic in Geneva, Her husband is an engineer With Lia born July 2012 Laleh born December 2014 Luca born March 2017 Luca 1 year old	my daughter Lia 2015 Lia 2018
Alexander Dahl 2007 Wedding 2004 Mahalia and Alex in their new home Sept. 2005 Nalah and Alex 2014	The Gagnon-Dahls my son Alexander and  Mahalia Gagnon and children Jérémie Benjamin Alie Nalah Jérémie and Marianne have given me a great grandson Kovu Lévis, Québec, Canada Alex is an independent information systems architect and Mahalia is an educator 2013 Nalah, my granddaughter born 3 February 2014 Nalah, August 2014	Mahalia Gagnon 2007 Mahalia, Jérémie, Alex 2004 Mahalia, Alex, Benjamin 2007 Mahalia and Nalah 2014 Nalah 2018
Benjamin Dayyan Thomas Ruhu'llah Gagnon-Dahl born 7 November 2005 Alex and Benjamin Benjamin and Alex in December 2005	My grandson Benjamin, Oct. 2007 July 2008	Benjamin December 2008
Jérémie my step-grandson	My granddaughter Alie Gagnon-Dahl born 7 January 2008 Alie July 2008	Alie December 2008
Alie, August 2011 Alie, August 2013 Alie, August 2014	Benji, August 2011 Benji, August 2013 Benji, August 2014	Mahalia with children, August 2011 Jérémie, August 2013 Jérémie and me 2014
Alex 2017 Benji 2018	Alex and grandchildren in Paris, 2017 in Quebec 2018 Great-grandson Kovu 2018	Grandchildren Benjamin, Jérémie and Alie 2017 Alie 2018

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MY GENERATION

My older brother Keith lived for 37 years in American Samoa as a Baha'i pioneer, businessman and avid photographer. He left 780,000 photos of the people of Samoa to the photo archives of American Samoa Keith golfing 1967 Roger and Keith	IN MEMORIAM KEITH DAHL My brother Keith passed away in Samoa on 9 December 2012 at the age of 72	My younger brother Roger lives in Illinois, USA. He is Archivist Emeritus in the National Baha'i Archives
Greg is the only brother with a family His wife Emi is Bulgarian Emi Dahl with Joyce and Mina 2007 Mina and Greg 2013 Mina, Gregory and Joyce at my chalet 2014 Mina, Gregory and Joyce 2014	My youngest brother Greg retired from the IMF and lives in Bulgaria and Czech Republic with his family http://www.gregorydahl.net/ see other pictures of Greg's family in my Bulgaria and California trips on the Travel page April 2013 in the High Sierras 2013 Dahl family at my chalet, August 2014 Gregory married Merle in August 2020	Gregory and Joyce are twins Mina is 18 months younger Greggie 2007 the twins Greggie and Joyce April 2013 Joyce in her school calendar 2013 Gregory and Joyce on their 16th birthday
Carrie and her twins Cami and Mica 2013	I also have a niece and nephew from Greg's previous marriage: Carrie Smith-Dahl and her twins Cami and Mica live in Oakland, California, USA. Carrie teaches film-making http://www.myspace.com/mssmittyb Ian Smithdahl, his wife Stephanie Wagner and sons Gabriel and Samuel live in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Ian is a web site designer, artist and stay-at-home father. Stephanie is a lawyer inactive web sites http://smithdahl.famblee.com/ http://www.strangetower.com/ back: Mina, me, Carrie, Cami front: Greg, Gregory, Emi, Joyce, Mica California August 2014	Carrie Smith-Dahl Ian Smithdahl

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THE PREVIOUS GENERATION

My mother Joyce Lyon Dahl in August 2005 age 97 Pebble Beach 1967	My parents Arthur L. and Joyce Dahl Joyce Lyon Dahl Dad, Mother and Keith 1985	My mother Joyce Lyon Dahl in 1949 My father Arthur L. Dahl Jr. ca. 1960 Golfing with Keith 1967
My mother Joyce Lyon Dahl passed away in March 2006 at the age of 97		My father Arthur L. Dahl passed away in June 2005 at the age of 91
From left to right: cousin George Herbert † Keith Dahl † Dr. Steinmetz (Baha'i friend) Roger Dahl Gregory Dahl Arthur Dahl Nora Steinmetz (Baha'i friend) Ian Smithdahl Below: Carrie Smith-Dahl and her twins Mica and Cami	Family gathering after Mother's funeral, Monterey, March 2006