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Is Concetta Schipisi's mother, Anna's, maiden name "Cigliuto"? It looks like that could be it, but I ask because I don't think (I don't recall) that I've seen that surname in the Province of Messina in the past (it has been awhile since Ive searched this come, tho' - probably just showing my age here ). Or maybe I just haven't been paying enough attention!
My mom and dad came from two very different classes of Italian society. Dad's mom came from a very aristocrat family and mom's came from farmers and agricultural workers. When my mom's parents came to the US, they left their oldest son Giovanni in the care of my maternal grandmother's parents. I hea...