Category Archives: Italy

My Italian family tree keeps on growing… in unexpected ways!

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Nota bene: There is a simplified family tree at the end of this article, which some of you may find helpful to navigate the numerous Pietros, Marias and Giovannas mentioned in the text. I think one of the main reasons … Continue reading →

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A flurry of potentially new cousins

Posted on November 28, 2025 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

These last two months I have been kept very busy by delving deeper and deeper into my Italian ancestry. Ever since I discovered that at least two of my great-great-great-grandparents shared the same surname (Terzano), I wondered whether these two … Continue reading →

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My mysterious Terzano cousins

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Today’s blog post is about resourcefulness and, above all, perseverance. For years, I have been obsessed with a particular line of my family tree (I know none of you has ever experienced this!). It all started a couple of years … Continue reading →

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New relatives, new mysteries

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Back in the day when I first researched my Italian-American grandfather’s life and origins, I remember partially uncovering the personal story of his paternal grandfather, my Italian great-great-grandfather Vincenzo Ameglio. Vincenzo – as far as the family knew – was … Continue reading →

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A fatherless line of Italian ancestors

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

When my 24 year-old Italian great-grandfather Giacomo boarded a ship and emigrated to the United States in 1910, he left behind a tiny family unit composed of solely by his mother, Margherita. She was listed on the passenger list as … Continue reading →

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The mystery of Anna Amerio

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

One of the most intriguing genealogical mysteries I have encountered lately is the private life of my (probably very distant) relative Anna Amerio, and her very peculiar family arrangement – for you see, for a number of years she lived … Continue reading →

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The Italian connection

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Because yesterday was, genealogically speaking, a good day – I managed to add a new line of relatives to the Italian side of my family tree thanks to the combined help of AncestryDNA and available records online – I’ve decided … Continue reading →

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The San Marzano Oliveto war memorial

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

When my 17 year-old great-grandmother emigrated from Italy to America in late 1912, she could hardly have imagined that in less than three years her homeland would take part in the First World War – a conflict which was to … Continue reading →

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My Living DNA experience

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Those of you who followed my blog in April will remember how I was singled out at Who Do You Think You Are? Live by Living DNA’s Marketing Director Hannah Morden– I suppose constant tweeting, not to mention purchasing 12 … Continue reading →

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Under my nose all this time!

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Daniel (@DSRGenealogist)

Thanks to the helpful assistance of the church archives in Acqui Terme (NW Italy) I have been able to progress in my family tree research to boundaries I never knew or expected I could reach. Archives in that particular area … Continue reading →

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