I’m a mix of Italian, English and Spanish.
Going to spit out some of my family history here cos a) I’m on my lunch break & bored & b) I find it interesting, others may or may not :)
My father’s parents (both passed) were Italian, although my dad was born here after my grandmother Carmela (who sadly passed away at 40 when my father was 10) migrated with her 3 small children in 1955 to join my Grandpop Luigi in Waroona who had already come over here in 1926 (they met when he went back there to visit in 1948).
My mother is English, born in Essex. The family came over here in 1964, when mum was 6, then back to England in 1966 & back here on a migrant ship in 1970. Grandad passed away when I was 9, and was a prisoner of war in Germany in WW2.
My great-great-grandmother on my English grandad’s side was Spanish.
Early next year I want to enrol in a Spanish dancing & Flamenco course :)
Posted on Wednesday, 24 November 2010
