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Douglas Jr. · 02-05-2015, 09:22 AM

Great video!
My greatgranparents (from daddy's side) came to Brazil from Brescia in 1897 and my wife has relatives living there. My nona (granma) spoke Italian fluently until the day she passed way - although she never taught her children (in order to gossip with her sisters without worries - go figure). Although the other 50% of the family is from Portuguese ancestry, we are full of names like Genari, Scaglione, Rivaldo (my part) and Cecchetto and Cardim (wife's side) in the family tree. So my understand and ties with Italy goes far from the pizza-Mafia-spaghetti stereotype and I'm planning a trip to the Boot in a year or two.

02-05-2015, 09:22 AM	#6
Douglas Jr. User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South America Posts: 948 Thanks: 598 Thanked 584 Times in 254 Posts	Great video! My greatgranparents (from daddy's side) came to Brazil from Brescia in 1897 and my wife has relatives living there. My nona (granma) spoke Italian fluently until the day she passed way - although she never taught her children (in order to gossip with her sisters without worries - go figure). Although the other 50% of the family is from Portuguese ancestry, we are full of names like Genari, Scaglione, Rivaldo (my part) and Cecchetto and Cardim (wife's side) in the family tree. So my understand and ties with Italy goes far from the pizza-Mafia-spaghetti stereotype and I'm planning a trip to the Boot in a year or two. Last edited by Douglas Jr.; 02-05-2015 at 11:26 AM.