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Small mountain village of Pacentro in central Italy

‘Back to Your �� Roots’: In Pacentro, Reliving A Father’s Childhood Stories

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 03/22/2019 - 01:00

For our series ‘Back to Your �� Roots,’ where we share stories of readers who have traveled to Italy to reconnect with relatives and visit their ancestral…

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'Back to Your �� Roots': Making New Families in Italy

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/26/2018 - 00:00

[The Corsi family.] “Italy first captures your attention, and then captures your heart,” says Dawn Mattera, who has traveled to Italy numerous times to search…

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'Back to Your �� Roots' Series: An Entire Community Becomes Family

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 08/16/2018 - 00:57

[Janet Nelson with the mayor of Valdieri.] It takes courage to leave the small mountain town where you were born and grew up to sail across the ocean and into…

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Back to Your �� Roots Series: Finding a Sense of Family and Community in Italy’s Fumone

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 06/29/2018 - 00:00

[From left to right, Deborah Caponera, husband Greg, Sergio Caponera and Simonetta Zander at the Comune -city hall- in Fumone researching records.] Growing up…

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Back to Your �� Roots: A Family Tree Continues to Expand

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 03/30/2018 - 00:00

[Photo: Maurice Petch, second from right, with his wife Angela next to him, with members of his family in Italy he had never met before.] Italy Magazine’s ‘…

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'Back to Your �� Roots' Series: Following the Goddess Home

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 02/23/2018 - 00:00

We feel very honored that our readers are choosing to share their heritage travel stories with us, and we continue our ‘Back to Your �� Roots’ series…

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Back to Your �� Roots Series: How a Facebook Message Helped Reconnect a Family Divided 100 Years Earlier

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/19/2018 - 04:27

[Photo, left to right: Ron George, who graciously shared his ancestry travel story with us, cousin William D'Alonzo, William's wife, Antonella Rossetti,…

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Back to Your �� Roots: Going Home and Feeling ‘Whole’

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 07/07/2017 - 00:00

[Photo: The Raimondi and Leggeri families all together again in 2015 after being apart since 1913.] As part of our series ‘Back to Your �� Roots’, we…

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