<P> The birth of the first white child is a widely used concept to mark the establishment of a European colony in the New World, especially in the historiography of the United States . In Texas, the birth of the first white child is recorded in local histories on the county level . </P> <P> Snorri Thorfinnsson (probably born between 1005 and 1013) was the son of Thorfinnur Karlsefni and Gudrídur Þorbjarnardottir . Generally known to his contemporaries as Snorri Gudrídsson, as his mother outlived his father, was born in Vinland, making him the first European documented to be born in North America . </P>

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