ITS ALL A JOKE... YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE AN ITALIAN LAST NAME OR BE A TOP EARNER WITH ANY KIND OF LAST NAME... LA FAKE NOSTRA.

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BILLY ANGELESCO WHO HAS HALF IRISH WAS INDUCTED TO NEW ENGLAND FAMILY IN 2001-2002

GREG COSTA- IS PORTUGUESE AND A SUPPOSED MADE MAN

Steve Flemmi turned down his button I think you mean frank "Cadillac frank" salemme who was half Irish and eventually boss of the patriarcas and he made his son frank jr who was only one quarter Italian

It is also possible that Frank Narducci jr of Philadelphia may not be Italian he was adopted by Bruno family soldier\capo Chickie Narducci but I don't know if he's Italian or another ethnicity

If you're not italian/irish/german/american/african...you're not. Your dna is what it is, you can't be something you're not, just because you're adopted and grew up within a certain culture. Culture is one thing, but your dna is another.
When this person has children you consider them having italian genes too, because their father was adopted into an italian family? lol

I would consider them italian yes! Lol. Because the last name sticks with them and their legal father and grandparents ancenstry would be traced back to Italy. In terms of genes thats a little complicated because in the end I really believe that we all came from one place anyway so.

But if you changed your surname it wouldn't trace back anywhere. Your legal parents aren't italian so you wouldn't be italian.

And you aren't italian? I was under the impression that everyone on this site for the most part was. Not that it matters.

Falsifying records? I think you're going too far lol. If someones your parents then they are your parents. Legally they are your parents. If it says on that paper that so and so is your mother an father than they are. In a court of law it would say joe is your father whether he is your biological father or not. If it says it on that paper, then that's what it is.

Lets say, I adopted a boy at infancy and he had a project in school where he had to trace back his ancenstry. I'm not going to say, "Well your German". In going to say "You grew up Italian with me and your mother, you have my last name, you are italian. My ancestry goes back to Italy, therefore, so does yours".

I said this in a recent thread. But if Frankie Narducci was adopted in infancy and he grew up italian then I would consider him italian American. Because his last name is italian and being italian is in his blood.

I disagree. And I think you're way off. But I feel the way I feel and so do you.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIARCA

SALEMME'S
MARTARANO'S
COSTA'S
ANGELESCO
PRYCE QUINTANA- HERD HE WAS HALF JEWISH??? A REVERE OLD TIMER.

Ivy. You feel the way you feel and I feel the way I feel. That's it. I disagree with you and I think you are way off. If someone grows up with their parents their whole life and they feel they are what their parents are, how can you say "No you are not that" to them? I guess you have to be in that position to judge. I have a friend who was adopted and my cousins kid was adopted. Their parents have always told them they were italian and that their ancestors came from Italy. That's why they have such a strong sense of being italian. Just like everyone else in my family. Even though my friend is actually italian he has a strong pride in being specifically sicilian. His parents are sicilian. So he has deep pride in being sicilian even though he might not even be Sicilian. But his parents are and he loves his parents and his parents tell him they are sicilian specifically so he is too. My cousin's kid acts and talks just like everyone in the family. He has the same values and he says he's italian if you ever ask him what he is. It's a part of them. So is my cousin not "One of us"? Is he not considered my blood? Or my kin? And the disparaging remarks are not necessary my man. No need to get angry over a simple conversation.