Originally Posted by
Stucky
I'm Eye-talian in the sense that my grandparents were from Italy.
and.... You've never heard the expression "There's a little Jew in every Italian"?
I'm Italian. Surname DiGiorgio or anglicized to DeGeorgia. Grandparents (Teresina and Carmine) came here through Ellis Island. Not sure of the date but prior to 1915 or so as I recall. Grew up in an Italian enclave in Hackensack, NJ which is just over the GW Bridge in Jersey. I have never heard that expression. OTOH, I did the "23 and Me" DNA test and discovered that I am 1/10 of 1% Ashkenazi Jew. When you come right down to it we all started in the Kalahari.