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by troia-buccini
11 Sep 2009, 10:32
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: distant cousins
Replies: 4
Views: 5595

distant cousins

is there any informaton available about the name "Mortillaro". my famly tells me that they are distant cousns,
by troia-buccini
06 Sep 2009, 14:22
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Family Heritage question
Replies: 6
Views: 5078

Re: Family Heritage question

I was always told by my family on the Troia side that we were descended from the Greeks of Troy, hence Troy intalianated became Troi. And since we all know that every Italian name ends in an a or o, Troia sounded better.

The alternative is that someone or maybe more in the family, were the kind of ...