I respect Jake & Maggie for their great performances in movies and often wondered with a name like Gyllenhaal, where their ancestors came from. I assumed either Norway, Sweden, or Denmark. I was doing a little research on the family and discovered they have Swedish roots. Jake & Maggie were born to Stephen Gyllenhaal & Naomi Foner. Jake in Los Angeles and Maggie in NYC. Though Maggie was born first. The immigrant in the family came from Vastmanland in the 1800's. I got adventurous and recorded the family lineage back to Nils Haal, born circa 1615, died 1680. Here's where I need help. Does anyone have evidence of or names of his direct Haal line before him? I do have a Gunne (or Gunnesson) Haal and an Olaf Haal, for his father and grandfather (respectively), but I don't want to record them as such without proof or collarboration with someone else recording the Gyllenhaal family. So I'm only needing info on the family, pre-Nils. Can anyone help?