Re: Not sure if the Tea Party needs help on the kook thing
I'm a solid half, Pallazzolo is the other side there, both grandparents born in Sicily. On the Irish side I'm 1/8th German from great-grandpa Brenner who married the beautifully named Molly O'Malley and 3/8ths Irish.
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Re: Not sure if the Tea Party needs help on the kook thing
On my father's father's side, it's Le Marche and France. Great-grandma was a D'Anjou... so I reckon I have some ancestors from Anjou.
The Marchigiano side's last name is my last name. It's very Italian-sounding and not very common.
Other side is Swedish, although my great-great-grandfather was a German named Meeths who started a department store in Stockholm (and later also Gothenberg).