As for Todd's maternal side, his mother was born in Yolo County, California under the name of Marguerite Blanche Roberts. Kallstrom is her current husband's surname. Her parents are Bill Roberts and Helena Bartman. Bill Roberts her father died when Blanche was about four years old.
His grandmother, Helena is half-Yup'ik. Her mother was Amalia, a full blooded Yup'ik from Bristol Bay. Her father was William Hugo Bartman who was from the Netherlands. Helena wrote her life history in a book called We Alaskans by Sharon Bushell, published 2002. I would recommend reading that to learn more about her roots.
Todd worked for BP Oil in the North Slope oil fields of Alaska. He is also a commercial salmon fisherman at Bristol Bay on the Nushugak River. He is a four-time winner of the Tesoro Iron Dog Championship (snowmobile event).
This contest is the world’s longest snowmobile race, which parallels the path of the Iditarod race with an extra journey of several hundred miles to Fairbanks added.
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