Grandma Josephine
This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series: Sicilian Ancestors My godmother tells me stories of my mother’s mother, her aunt, called Pepina. In her forties, she climbed into a dumpster in the Bronx to...
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This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series: Sicilian Ancestors An Italian heart is an artichoke,prickly-petaled, not inviting to eat. Every leaf ends in a little nail, a claw that forces you to navigate...
View ArticleMap of My Origins
This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series: Sicilian Ancestors My grandparents are all from Sicily, brave, unschooled souls who came through Ellis Island in their twenties, married paisans who did the...
View ArticleTales of Immigrant Ancestors
This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series: Sicilian Ancestors Another conversation with my aunt, who tells me about her father’s trip who made his crossing to America when he was fifteen. Alone, he...
View ArticleGenome Analysis
This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series: Sicilian Ancestors Numbered and lettered genes listed in thousands of pages. Increased or decreased risk for this or that cancer, bone strength. Three genes say...
View ArticleSend in Your DNA Today!
This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series: Sicilian Ancestors You might find family members you don’t know exist: half-brothers, half–sisters living not too far away to visit. Might I find a better...
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