In our family I have heard it as both "meh" and "may"...

The more research I do, the more I realize my maternal tree is a house of cards...

darkerhorse wrote: 19 Mar 2026, 03:33 I noted that you chose this over pasta e fagioli...

Never a fan of pasta e fagioli, despite my mother making it quite often...

The base industry would be farming. In our area, "contadini" were peasant farmers or sharecroppers that worked for a "possidente" (landowner). "Villico" is used primarily in Sicily and my guess would be more of a hired hand that had no stake in the crop itself. "Massaro" indicates a farm manager of ...

darkerhorse wrote: 19 Feb 2026, 17:50 Thanks for your reply. Apparently, you can opt in or out for certain privacy settings.

Yes, that option is available for both sites.

Yes, they are good for privacy, although all my info is public. I have had no issues other than a couple of spam messages on the Ancestry site that I simply ignored...

LivingDNA does not separate. My breakdown simply shows "Southern Italian" (including Sicily) with no separation. It's mainly a UK-based algorithm and is WAY OFF in my case. 23&Me is the only one (through a map) that separates out "closeness" in regards to Sicilian but gives no percentage. All the ...

I neglected to mention that Pippo gets the trophy for most closely resembling his avatar in person.


@marcuccioV you are a spy!
Why did you tell him?
:lol: :lol: :lol:


@ Pippo :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

BTW, My wife is in Assissi now, will be in Rome domani (Sun)...Leaving for home ...

darkerhorse wrote: 31 Dec 2025, 21:59 Your special recognition is for outstanding contributions to the field of deoxyribonucleic acid.

For what it's worth, LOL...

Not sure if deserved, but appreciated,,,

Your last 2 paragraphs are accurate.

I know you've showed me these photos before. The ear structure is very similar, but not identical. The younger man's eyes appear blue or green, not brown. I'd say the younger man's hair was chestnut. Hard to tell if it has any gray...

Not necessarily "more" DNA, but certainly from a smaller gene pool. Not certain on the 5th cousin thing, perhaps on paper, at least. I think the sibling relationship might cancel that out.

This is probably a good question for a genetic scientist...

You could be on the right track. In our commune, the patron Saint was Aloysius of Gonzaga -- so the most common male name is Luigi (by far). The parish is Santa Maria Maggiore, so Maria tops the female list. I've seen the example you mention a few times. My guess is they were thinking of the Saint ...

None that I know of. On Antenati, there is a search page that will tell you whether a town/regions records are "complete" or "partial". If complete, expect no further revelations; if partial, more records SHOULD be forthcoming.

Example: The records for Rome are "partial"; I just noticed a few days ...