Sicilian relatives showed me the meaning of family...

I hung up the phone with a feeling of both excitement and anxiety.

We were staying in a hotel in Catania, Sicily, and I had just spoken to distant relatives in a nearby town. Both sets of my grandparents had been born there, and in the early 1900s had immigrated to the U.S. As long as I can remember, I have wanted to learn more about their home and my roots.

It had taken me months to track down these relatives, and I was now making contact, sort of. More...

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