| My biggest achievement and the happiest
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| | villages back in Catanzaro, Calabria),
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| day of my life!One morning not really
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| | therefore leading me to believe that if
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| knowing why, I felt the need to find out
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| | both names were found in the same town,
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| more about my roots and my ancestors. To
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| | there was a chance that the couple was
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| my surprise, once I started asking
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| | probably married there and undoubtedly
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| around, all I could uncover was my family
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| | had their children baptized in that
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| name and little or no history regarding
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| | community's church - and BINGO!, that's
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| my ancestry. Before I knew what I was
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| | exactly how I found my
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| getting into, I was meeting relatives
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| | great-grandfather's date and place of
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| that I didn't even know existed, asking
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| | birth. Believe it or not I came up with
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| them questions about my
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| | sixty small towns which beared both
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| great-grandfather, the late Salvatore
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| | names. I wrote to those sixty community
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| Santoro. Nobody knew when he emigrated to
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| | churches in Italy and when the replies
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| Brazil or where he first arrived.One
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| | started coming back, the ninth contained
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| thing I found to be common among European
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| | my great-grandfather's certificate of
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| families is that if something went wrong
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| | baptism. It turns out he was born in the
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| with a family member, such as a husband
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| | town of Umbriatico, province of Crotone
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| committing adultery and after years of
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| | Catanzaro, region of Calabria, Italy, on
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| heated arguments and endless attempts
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| | November 25th, 1859. To give you an idea
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| mostly by the wife and the rest of the
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| | of what I felt that morning, picture
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| family to keep things together,
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| | yourself winning a 10 million dollar
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| separation eventually would follow and
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| | lottery all by yourself! It was truly
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| anything to do with that family member
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| | amazing that after all the years of
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| would be erased. For example, he would be
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| | research, a trip to Italy in 1995 for a
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| cut out of any picture he was in,
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| | month to do further research, would
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| especially the wedding photos. Then came
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| | uncover all the secrets which were hiding
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| pictures by himself, which would be
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| | the true identity of my ancestry.You
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| burned along with any documents left
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| | maybe asking why I'm telling this story,
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| behind and very, very rarely talked about
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| | it's because I needed that document to be
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| again. I may have encountered a little
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| | able to claim my Italian citizenship, and
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| more difficulty because of similar
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| | in doing so, be truly proud of my
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| circumstances, but that was not the main
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| | heritage! I would also like to mention
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| reason. Somehow, along the years due to
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| | that I am interested in hearing your
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| the young age of my ancestors when they
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| | stories and especially hearing from other
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| first entered South America (Argentina
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| | Italians who are currently searching for
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| more precisely and Brazil by land
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| | their ancestors. I would be happy to
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| afterwards), things were lost and names
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| | provide any tips or useful information
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| were changed.To make a long story short,
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| | which I have accumulated over the past
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| after five exciting years of research
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| | six years. Arrivederci!Brazilian by
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| through the archives of churches and
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| | birth, Italian by ancestry and Canadian
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| registry offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil and
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| | by choice! I currently live in Toronto,
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| Catanzaro, Italy, and many, many phone
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| | Ontario, Canada. I'm also a professional
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| calls and letters sent all over to anyone
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| | model and an aspiring actor. I have
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| who could give me even the smallest clue
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| | appeared in more than twelve national
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| about the town where and when my
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| | television campaigns as well as countless
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| great-grandfather was born; I came up
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| | editorial publications. I am always open
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| with an idea that proved to be
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| | to new ideas, either locally or abroad
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| infallible. I started criss-crossing the
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| | which will enhance my experience as an
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| names of Salvatore's father and his
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| | individual. I welcome anyone to contact
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| mother's maiden name (in a current
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| | me through my e-mail address in order to
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| telephone directory of the Italian
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| | discuss any possibilities.
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