Thank you Peter and Robert for this little bit of history of Vasto. Its good stuff. Robert, is your father from Italy?
Alicia
Vasto, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy
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Alicia,
I don't know where he was from but one day I might find out - he could have passed for Italian, but my Mom's Irish DNA is where I get my looks (and people often think I'm German - maybe somthing to do with the Scandinavian Vikings who colonised parts of Ireland many centuries ago!).
I don't know where he was from but one day I might find out - he could have passed for Italian, but my Mom's Irish DNA is where I get my looks (and people often think I'm German - maybe somthing to do with the Scandinavian Vikings who colonised parts of Ireland many centuries ago!).
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Greetings
I am English with roots close to Hadrians Wall. I have had my DNA tested and have a similar genetic makeup to an Abruzzo descendant.
I am U152* (DNA group) that is 'widespread' in Italy. Does anybody know if there are any DNA projects from the region?
Thanks in advance
Edit
For anybody interested I found one:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Abr ... fault.aspx
I am English with roots close to Hadrians Wall. I have had my DNA tested and have a similar genetic makeup to an Abruzzo descendant.
I am U152* (DNA group) that is 'widespread' in Italy. Does anybody know if there are any DNA projects from the region?
Thanks in advance
Edit
For anybody interested I found one:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Abr ... fault.aspx
Diomedes1962 wrote:Peter,
That's great. I love all that stuff. I have visitied L'Aquila a few times and it's great for the mountains (and the August meteor showers which just about coincides with the big summer holiday all across Italy). Next time I'll take a more closer look at the local DNA.
Much appreciated.
Robert.
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Re: Vasto, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy
P.S. There are also many movies filmed in Abruzzo, including, of course, George Clooney's 'The American' (based loosely on Martin Booth's 1990 book 'A Very Private Gentleman'). The Abruzzo Film Commission has a website with a directory of movies shot in Abruzzo: http://www.abruzzofilmcommission.org/en ... /index.php