Diversity in Helen

I tried to make the characters in the Helen stories as diverse a group as possible.  Not initially; at first I was subconsciously trying hard to make them diverse in appearance.  That was probably a youthful desire; I was thinking very visually.  I was very much into physical beauty, so Helen's Scandinavian appearance was offset by Janet's German heritage.

Much later, I chose to make Dr. Martha Singer a Jewish person, even if a non-religious one.  Then I made Lorna a Jewish girl as well.  The name Esposito—Lorna's family name—I had believed was Jewish.  (It isn't.)

One missed opportunity was to make either Elly Krebs or her husband (Janet's parents, and therefore Janet) Jewish.  I had made Janet's brother and sister David and Rachel already.  Elly's maiden name was Murray, and that's Scots, I believe.

Kay