| Name | Associated Person | Information | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brother Martin | Rose’s biological father. He is a monk who’d taken a vow of silence and was cloistered in a small monastery in St. Olaf. He fell in love with a Ingrid, who worked in the monastery’s kitchen. When the abbot found out, he was told that he had to choose between the church and Ingrid. Not knowing that she was pregnant, he chose God. It was only after Rose was with the Lindstroms that he found out what happened to Ingrid. By then, he didn’t want to interfere with her new life. Brother Martin stayed away thining that his appearing out of nowhere would’ve been more than Rose could handle. It wasn’t until he had a chance encounter with Rose who was volunteering at the hospital he went to, that he felt that God was telling him it was the right time to meet Rose and introduce himself to her. | GG S06/E02 | |
| Ingrid Kerclavaner | Rose’s biological mother. A 19-year-old that worked in the monastery kitchen. A very chatty woman that ended up in a relationship with Brother Martin. When the abbot found out about the relationship, Brother Martin was given a choice between Ingrid and God, and he chose God. When Ingrid left her job at the monastery Brother Martin did not know she was pregnant. She died giving birth to Rose, leaving Rose to be put up for adoption. | GG S06/E02 | |
| Rose’s Origin Story | Late one night, Rose was left as a baby in a basket at a local orphanage with hickory smoked cheese, spicy beefsticks, and crackers that didn’t go with anything. When the Lindstroms adopted Rose they had to take the beefsticks as part of the deal. | GG S06/E02 | |
| Rose’s Origin Story | Rose shares that when she was a child in the orphanage, she realized only the happy, nice kids got adopted. This is when she started trying to be happy and nice all the time. | GG S05/E09 | |
| Rose’s Origin Story | Rose lived in the orphanage until she was eight years old, and during this time she developed a deep, unrelenting conviction that her biological father was Bob Hope. | GG S04/E17 | |
| Rose’s Origin Story | What do you know about your father? There was a rumor that he was a clown with Ringling Brothers, but I never believed it. Just seemed too much to hope for. | GG S06/E02 | |
| Rose Kerclavaner | – Marvin | When Rose was 5, she had a hamster named Marvin. When she was 5 years old he escaped, leading her to have a thing about death. | GP E18 |
| Gunter & Alma Lindstrom | Rose’s adoptive parents. She shares that she was adopted after spending her first eight years in the St. Olaf orphanage. | GG S04/E17 | |
| Gunter Lindstrom | Gunter is a little person. | GG S05/E04 | |
| Gunter Lindstrom | Would play Christmas carols on Grandma’s old player piano the children sang, her mother made eggnog and snickerdoodles, and Gunter would hang the star at the top of the tree on Christmas Eve. Later in the day they prayed, and then Gunter told them a story before tucking them into their feather beds. | GG S01/E12 | |
| Gunter Lindstrom | Single-handedly invented the ransom note. | GG S07/E04 | |
| Gunter Lindstrom | Remembered for pulling a float in the Father’s Day Parade up Main Street. It was a giant tuna, made of chrysanthemums. | GG S01/E24 | |
| Gunter Lindstrom | Won a piglet in a watermelon seed-spitting contest. | GG S07/E25 | |
| Gunter Lindstrom | Would punished the children by sending them to the dairy barn to milk Alice. | GG S01/E06 | |
| Alma Lindstrom | Alma’s maiden name was originally Gerkleknerbigenhoffstettlerfrau, but they shortened it to Gerkleknerbigen. Most of my mother’s family were in show business. | GG S02/E18 | |
| Alma Lindstrom | Alma taught Rose the difference between boys and girls by taking her to see a bull and showing her “what makes a bull a bull.” | GG S05/E10 | |
| Alma Lindstrom | Alma is a lively, independent woman who feels smothered by Rose’s overprotectiveness when she visits Rose in Miami. | GG S01/E09 | |
| Alma Lindstrom | A farmhand named Ben, who was a drifter and an ex-con, lived with Alma after her husband (Gunter) died and helped her through a lonely time. | GG S01/E09 | |
| Alma Lindstrom | – Ben | Ben was a farmhand who was a drifter and an ex-con. He lived with Alma after Gunter died, helping her through a lonely time. | GG S01/E09 |
| Alma Lindstrom | Alma Lindstrom once asked their vet, Dr. Clyde, to do her hysterectomy. He refused to do the procedure, but was willing to do her lobotomy. | GG S01/E10 | |
| GG – Golden Girls | GP – Golden Palace |
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