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Back to Your Italian Roots: The Search for Family Never Ends

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 05/07/2021 - 03:53

This month’s installment in our series on readers traveling to Italy in search of their roots and relatives features the story of Mary Louise Tucker, who has…

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Back to Your Italian Roots: A Very Special Trip to Abruzzo

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 03/12/2021 - 00:00

Husband and wife Chris and Alana Loreto first traveled to Italy in search of their Italian roots in 2014. That very special trip took place in Abruzzo, where…

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Janet Badia and her sister Lisa in the courtyard of their Barisciano B&B

Back to Your Italian Roots: “An Incredible Adventure”

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 02/19/2021 - 00:00

“Mio Dio!” (Oh my God!) - these are the words Janet Badia most associates with her first trip to Italy to discover her family’s roots; as she recalls, “they…

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Megan Kunze in Florence - her great grandfather Albert Alberti

Keeping Our Ancestors Alive By Learning Their Stories (Back to Your Italian Roots Series)

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 02/05/2021 - 00:00

“The moment we spotted Pienza from the road, perfectly placed atop the rolling Tuscan hills, I was transfixed. We pulled over to take in the first view of my…

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Back to Your Italian Roots: Finding an Extended Family in Corleone

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 04/21/2017 - 00:00

[Photo: DeBella (DiBella) Family documents. Photo credit Toni DeBella.] We begin a new series we’re very excited about: ‘Back to Your Italian Roots’ will…

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Talking To: Mary Tedesco, Founder of Origins Italy

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 08/28/2015 - 02:00

“Every family has amazing stories. What story do you want to find out?” Mary Tedesco is a professional genealogist, a host on the PBS TV series “Genealogy…