{"id":22,"date":"2026-08-05T07:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otala.com\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-10-25T12:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:17:13","slug":"the-otala-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/otala.com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Otala Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Otala
\u00a9 Otala Coat-of-Arms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Name OTALA is a typical but unique Finnish family name, where OTA means spike, thorn, sword or spear, and the ending LA signifies a place where something exists or can be found. The name was invented in 1963, and was subsequently registered\/protected for the sole use of the family. Family corporation, Otala, Inc., Helsinki, owns the rights to the name, which has been registered as a trademark in the USA and in Japan.
The father of Matti Otala was Niilo Lehto, M.Sc. (Eng.), Managing Director of a large building conglomerate, Cyclop Ltd. He was son of Oskari V. Lehto, founder and owner of a supermarket chain in Northern Finland in 1905-35. The mother of Matti Otala was Annikki Lehto, born Junnelius, a lawyer at the Ministry of Education.
Her ancestors can be traced back to Henrik Junnelius, Archbishop of the North (i.e., Finnish and Swedish Lapland), who died in 1639.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Otala family consists of Dr. Matti Otala<\/a> (1939 .. 2015\ud83d\udd47). He has five children, Taneli (1964)<\/a>, Tuomas (1967), Tapani (1969), Teemu (1971) and Sofia (1990), and 12 grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This site\/domain allows you to send email to most of Otala Family, the format is firstname@otala.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There may also be blog updates of family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More to come later — the reason why this site looks different, is because the California heatwave completely blew up the original servers (srv2, srv3)and the raid array server managing the storage. This will NOT HAPPEN again (I swear) — I have a <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“FAN CLUB”\"\" \"\"now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check https:\/\/pointyhair.com<\/a> for my personal blog on how I intend to keep that promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otalas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matti Otala<\/a> \ud83d\udd47 + Raila Ekroth-Otala: Taneli, Tuomas, Tapani, Teemu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matti Otala<\/a> \ud83d\udd47 + Leenamaija Otala: Sofia Otala<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taneli Otala<\/a> + Taina: Ahti Otala, Aino Otala<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taneli Otala<\/a> + Nathalie: Nicolas Otala; Jacqueline “Jackie” Otala, PhD; Suzanne “Suzi” Otala<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taneli Otala<\/a> + Abigail, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuomas Otala + Mia: Annie; Akseli<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuomas Otala + Satu Otala<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tapani Otala + Kim Otala: Timo Otala; Tiina Otala<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teemu Otala<\/a> + Marjut Otala, PhD: Ella Otala; Elias Otala; Verneri Otala<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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