A foundling who was named after an island
A man who fought with Garibaldi
A woman who said she had fought with Garibaldi (in fact, she was interned for that)
An ancestor who was killed by a man
An ancestor who killed a man (well, a different case than the one above, of course)
A family who emigrated for the sake of a train
An ancestor who died for the sake of a train
A woman who had 16 children
A man who had 40 grandchildren (at least)
Many ancestors who died because they ate too much polenta
Many ancestors who fought at our Independence Wars
An ancestor who rescued people under an avalanche
An ancestor who was in a secret society (you may wonder why I know that, if it was secret…)
An ancestor who, 400 years ago, was living in a house that was 400 years old (and it’s still standing and inhabited, by the way)
And then farmers, smiths, builders, beggars, merchants, soldiers, inn-keepers, shop-owners, stone cutters, artists, Carabinieri and a few nobles, too.
E. G. ANCESTRY RESEARCH 