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Posted on 8/1/20 at 10:13 am to SaintlyTiger88
All texans are americans, not all americans are texans.
Posted on 8/1/20 at 1:02 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My mom's family is Sicilian on her mom and dads side. After being in the country for 3 or more generations I don't think any traits or traditions remain.
Remember though that when death is on the line never go in against a Sicilian.
Remember though that when death is on the line never go in against a Sicilian.
Posted on 8/1/20 at 1:16 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Thats like saying what's the difference between white people and white people?
Posted on 8/1/20 at 2:59 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Look at the map.
Italy is the boot. We're trying to punt Sicily away.
Italy is the boot. We're trying to punt Sicily away.
Posted on 8/1/20 at 3:13 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I’m from near Sicily Island, LA. How many points is that?
Posted on 8/1/20 at 3:31 pm to michael corleone
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Culture wise, I would say that Sicilian families are a little country that Italian families. Manners / protocol is important , as it is to manny country people. Extended family, even to third cousins , is considered a close relative and usually part of gatherings. Food is more diverse bc if the influences. Food is also a bit simpler. Sauces/gravy may be a bit sweeter and/or piquant.
You described my mom's side pretty perfectly. When my great grandmother from Sicily turned 100, we had a huge family get together and apparently there were over 100 cousins. I was young but I do remember a lot of people there and my GG singing some Italian bullfrog song
My grandmother was the best cook ever. Her sweet red gravy and she would use boiled eggs in place of meat as that's what they did in Sicily because they were poor. But, when she did also make meatballs, they were huge and delicious. Damn, I miss her and her food
Posted on 8/1/20 at 3:40 pm to SaintlyTiger88
We are Sicilian on my dad's side (grandmother came over from Sicily). Don't really know the difference myself, but I've been told that should I ever decide to visit Sicily, I should never mention the family name. Some of the family was Mafia. One (who I presume was a relative) even got expelled from the US and ended up getting blown up by a car bomb in Sicily.
Posted on 8/1/20 at 3:41 pm to Sho Nuff
All 4 of my grandparents were from Sicily (small villages near Palermo). All came over near the turn of the 20th century during open immigration. We have always referred to our family/families as "Italian". But, piss any of us off, and we become "Sicilian" in a heart beat!
Posted on 8/1/20 at 3:50 pm to Sho Nuff
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poor. But, when she did also make meatballs, they were huge and delicious. Damn, I miss her and her food
Man, what I wouldn’t give to sit down at my grandmothers table just one more time for a plate of spaghetti. We used to go every Sunday for lunch.
Posted on 8/1/20 at 5:02 pm to Spankum
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Spankum
Posted on 8/1/20 at 5:06 pm to Sho Nuff
good book written by a Loyola professor
Posted on 8/1/20 at 5:47 pm to SaintlyTiger88
About thirty years ago a man named Tony Sandanato moved to Lake Charles from Buffalo, New York and became my daughter's softball coach.
I told him that he would feel at home because I grew up with a lot of good Italians in the Goosport area. He said that they were not Italians but Sicilians, They are dark!
I told him that he would feel at home because I grew up with a lot of good Italians in the Goosport area. He said that they were not Italians but Sicilians, They are dark!
Posted on 8/1/20 at 6:32 pm to SaintlyTiger88
In-law’s a ‘Catania’, first generation from Catania, my trip to visit/stay with the extended family in April was delayed because da WuFlu.
AMA?
AMA?
Posted on 8/1/20 at 9:28 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Bread and Respect: The Italians of Louisiana by Anthony V. Margavio is a fantastic book.
I could "see" my extended family and many people I know in the descriptions of the Sicilians.
I didn't get to experience the whole "big Italian family" dynamic as my grandmother was the youngest of her generation born in 1905 here, whilst her older sister was born in 1880 in Sicily. My mother, then was the youngest of her generation and only had one older brother and grandmother died when I was four. I am the youngest of my generation and knew my cousins, but not the much older ones, and by then, everyone else had their families and the big Sunday was already petering out in the 1960s and 1970s when I was little. :(
I and a few relatives have red hair and light eyes. Two of my grandfather's sisters had it, and my first cousin has it, as well. It is not prevalent, but it is common and well-known among Sicilians.
I could "see" my extended family and many people I know in the descriptions of the Sicilians.
I didn't get to experience the whole "big Italian family" dynamic as my grandmother was the youngest of her generation born in 1905 here, whilst her older sister was born in 1880 in Sicily. My mother, then was the youngest of her generation and only had one older brother and grandmother died when I was four. I am the youngest of my generation and knew my cousins, but not the much older ones, and by then, everyone else had their families and the big Sunday was already petering out in the 1960s and 1970s when I was little. :(
I and a few relatives have red hair and light eyes. Two of my grandfather's sisters had it, and my first cousin has it, as well. It is not prevalent, but it is common and well-known among Sicilians.
Posted on 8/1/20 at 9:46 pm to RedPop4
Modern Italians are genetically a mixture of the Latin-Gallic population of the Roman Empire and the Germanic peoples (eg the Lombards) who moved in during the late stages of the Western empire and the early Middle Ages.
Sicilians have a different genetic blend -- originally more Greek than Latin, with genetic influences from North Africa and Iberia along with Italy and the Germanic peoples.
Obviously, I'm painting with broad strokes here.
Sicilians have a different genetic blend -- originally more Greek than Latin, with genetic influences from North Africa and Iberia along with Italy and the Germanic peoples.
Obviously, I'm painting with broad strokes here.
Posted on 8/1/20 at 9:54 pm to jeffsdad
Half and half. My grandparents from my dads side (northern Italian) did not care for my mom's side (Sicilian). But both spoke Italian at home. Dad baked and mom cooked. Both excellent. When I went to Sicily last year, I couldn't understand anything. I asked if they were speaking Sicilian and they said no but they mispronounce everything. Hard to understand.
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Posted on 8/1/20 at 9:55 pm to SaintlyTiger88
There is literally no ethnic difference between southern Italians and Sicilians
Posted on 8/1/20 at 9:55 pm to TxTiger82
Don't forget the Normans and the Celts actually passed through as well. Then there are the Abreshse as was previously mentioned.
My folks came from a small town a 45-minute train ride into the mountains from Palermo. It's an entirely different world up there. Even today, people in Alia, where we're from, mostly eat what they grow. Coastal Sicilians eat a lot of seafood, they don't get that inland in the mountains.
My folks came from a small town a 45-minute train ride into the mountains from Palermo. It's an entirely different world up there. Even today, people in Alia, where we're from, mostly eat what they grow. Coastal Sicilians eat a lot of seafood, they don't get that inland in the mountains.
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