Editing Yeager

The '''Yeager''' family of the [[United States of America (Worldwar)|United States]] were the most influential family in the history of relations between [[Tosevite|humanity]] and [[the Race]]. [[Sam Yeager]] rose from humble origins and a washed-up [[Baseball (Worldwar)|baseball]] career, to become America's foremost expert on the Race during the [[Race Invasion of Tosev 3|initial invasion]]. Sam Yeager and members of his immediate family played crucial roles in numerous historical events, whether for good or ill. Their cousins were the Jägers of [[Germany (Worldwar)|Germany]], which included [[Heinrich Jäger]], who made a heroic conscientious defection from German service during the invasion.

=Individuals who used the Yeager surname=
==Barbara Larssen Yeager==
See [[Barbara Larssen Yeager]].

==Bruce Yeager==
See [[Bruce Yeager]].

==Diane Yeager==
'''Diane Yeager''' (b. ''c.'' 1981) was the wife of [[Richard Yeager]]. Her father-in-law [[Jonathan Yeager]], who due to [[cold sleep]] had an apparent age close to her own, found her to be very sharp witted and sensible.<ref>''[[Homeward Bound]]'', p. 550, HC.</ref>

==Jessica Yeager==
'''Jessica Yeager''' (b. ''c.'' 1998), daughter of [[Bruce Yeager|Bruce]], was a blue-eyed blonde with strong cheekbones, who bore little resemblance to her paternal grandparents [[Jonathan Yeager|Jonathan]] and [[Karen Yeager|Karen]]. Presumably her looks came from her mother, whom Bruce hadn't stayed married to. Jessica convinced her newly returned spacefaring great-grandfather [[Sam Yeager]] that he was welcome with her at any time, flatly contradicting his assertion that he'd be as out of place as a [[Neanderthal]] or a [[woolly mammoth]].<ref>''Homeward Bound'', pgs. 548-549, HC.</ref>

==Jonathan Yeager==
See [[Jonathan Yeager]].

==Jonathan Yeager senior==
'''Jonathan Yeager''' was a [[Nebraska (Worldwar)|Nebraska]] farmer at the turn of the 20th century, whose father was a [[Germany (Worldwar)|German]] immigrant. Yeager was a philosophical man, and often stated that arguing about religion was pointless because no one could prove a damn thing.<ref>''Homeward Bound'', pg. 124, HC.</ref> This open-minded view of the universe was passed onto his son [[Sam Yeager|Sam]], who in turned named his [[Jonathan Yeager|own son]] after the old thinker.

==Karen Yeager==
See [[Karen Yeager]].

==Louise Yeager==
'''Louise Yeager''' was married to [[Sam Yeager]] in the late 1920s and/or early 1930s. Unable to cope with his semi-nomadic lifestyle as a [[Baseball (Worldwar)|baseball]] player in the minor leagues, she [[divorce]]d him some time before [[World War II (Worldwar)|World War II]].<ref>''[[In the Balance]]'', pg. 66, PB.</ref>

==Richard Yeager==
See [[Richard Yeager]].

==Sam Yeager==
See [[Sam Yeager]].


=Related individuals=
==Donald==
See [[Donald (Worldwar)|Donald]].

==Igor Gorbunov==
'''Igor Vadimovich Gorbunov''' (b. 1920s) was [[Ludmila Gorbunova]]'s younger brother. After the [[Race Invasion of Tosev 3|arrival of the Lizards]], Igor managed to have a three-sentence note mailed to Ludmila to confirm he was still alive.<ref>''In the Balance'', pg. 239, HC.</ref>

==Ludmila Gorbunova==
See [[Ludmila Gorbunova]].

==Heinrich Jäger==
See [[Heinrich Jäger]].

==Johann Jäger==
'''Johann Jäger''' was an engineer for [[Germany (Worldwar)|Germany's]] Henschel company during [[World War II (Worldwar)|the Second World War]]. His letters to his brother [[Heinrich Jäger|Heinrich]], a tank commander on the Eastern Front, were necessarily censored, but the brothers had worked out a way of writing in hidden meanings that the censors would not notice.<ref>''In the Balance'', pgs. 14-15, HC.</ref>

==Jens Larssen==
See [[Jens Larssen]].

==Olaf Larssen==
'''Olaf Larssen''', a [[Minnesota (Worldwar)|Minnesota]] farmer<ref>''In the Balance'', pg. 463, HC.</ref>, was the father of [[Jens Larssen]]. Jens fondly remembered Olaf whacking him with birch twigs as part of the sauna ritual.<ref>Ibid., pgs. 319-320, HC.</ref> Olaf and his wife (Jens' mother) were still alive at the start of the [[Race Invasion of Tosev 3]], but Jens lost track of them in the resultant chaos.

''For the fisherman in "[[The Njuggle]]" by [[Laura Frankos]], see'' [[Olav Larsen]].

==Mickey==
See [[Mickey (Worldwar)|Mickey]].

==Unnamed ginger-addicted mother==
One night in an [[Egypt (Worldwar)|Egyptian]] guest barracks, [[Nesseref]] spent a night next to a female who approached her and asked for [[Ginger (Worldwar)|ginger]]. Nesseref chided the other on the socially destructive consequences of ginger use, but the addict responded dismissively. Soon the conversation turned to the topic of [[Hatchling of the Race|hatchlings]] conceived because of [[Race's Mating Season|unseasonable sexual behavior]], and much to Nesseref's horror, the other female bragged that, when she became gravid as a consequence of this side effect of ginger tasting, she immediately sold her eggs to unknown [[Tosevite]] agents in exchange for large quantities of the herb.<ref>''[[Down to Earth]]'', pg. 495.</ref>

===Literary comment===
While it is not clearly stated, the suggestion seems to be that this female is the biological mother of [[Mickey (Worldwar)|Mickey]] and [[Donald (Worldwar)|Donald]].

=Other Yeagers=
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Jens Larssen's '''mother''' is said to have been still alive in May 1942, but is never named.

Ludmila Gorbunova's patronymic is Vadimnovna, suggesting that the father of herself and Igor is named '''Vadim Gorbunov'''.

Jonathan Yeager Sr.'s father is stated in ''[[Aftershocks]]'' to have been a German immigrant, who changed his surname from Jäger to Yeager.

In ''[[Upsetting the Balance]]'', Sam names his mother as '''Paulette'''. Barbara names her parents as '''Philip and Carol Baker'''.

In ''[[Homeward Bound]]'', Karen Yeager is said to have had at least one great-grandparent from [[Ireland (Worldwar)|Ireland]].

At the end of ''[[Homeward Bound]],'' several children and occasional grandchildren of Richard and Bruce are introduced. All are unnamed, except for Bruce's daughter Jessica.<ref>''Homeward Bound'', pgs. 595-598, HC.</ref>

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