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Fun interview Pat Benincasa about her family's trip from Calabria to Canada to the USA, her finding relatives in Calabria, her art and much much more.

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Linda Rovetti-Goldstein talks about her father born in the USA only to return to Italy as a baby when his father passed away. As a teenager he came back to the USA and live in Hoboken NJ.

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Fred Russo talks about how his dad born in the USA but returned to Italy with his mother when his father passed away. Only to come back at 15 by himself to work on his uncle's farm.

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Carol Malzone talks about her 55 trips to Italy as a food writer, her trip to Sicily and finding over 100 family letters from the early 20th century.

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David Frumento tells us about learning that he was Jewish only after he started to research his roots at thirty years old. With ancestors from Spain and Austria and other parts of Europe Davide embraces and honors his heritage on his Facebook page Cultura Ebraica.

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The unification of Italy in 1861 launched a new European nation promising to fulfill the dreams of Italians, yet millions of poor peasants still found themselves in economic desperation. By 1872, an army of speculators had invaded the countryside, hawking steamship tickets and promising fabulous riches in America. Thousands of immigrants fled to the New World, only to be abandoned upon arrival and forced to find work in hard labor. New York placed victims of deception at the State Emigrant Refuge on Ward's Island as the secretary of state and the Italian prime minister sought to intervene. Through steel-eyed determination, many surmounted their status and became leaders in business and culture. Authors Joe Tucciarone and Ben Lariccia follow the early stages of mass Italian immigration and the fraudulent circumstances that brought them to New York Harbor.

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John Campitelli talks about being born in Italy and adopted by an Italian-American family. Through his group on Facebook, www.facebook.com/italiadoption, John and other volunteers help people to find their birth mothers in Italy. Not an simple process.

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Giorgia Montella talks about going home and seeing the real Italy... Your home village!

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Peggy Fucillo talks about growing up Italian-American in Boston's North End in the 1950's and '60's

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