[TI] Sicilian features? ;-)

[Fr. Anthony Delisi]

Dear Ken, 
Your German-Irish mother explains a lot. 

No, I am not free to travel with you, but if you kept a journal of your
travels and posted them, this would be the next best thing to traveling with
you.  You have a gift for writing and expressing yourself. 

I'll be eighty in a few more months.

PAX. fr. Anthony  

-----Original Message-----
From: terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org
[mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org] On Behalf Of Ken Geraci
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 9:12 PM
To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
Subject: Re: [TI] Sicilian features? ;-)

Fr. Anthony had mentioned me not having typical
Sicilian features and this is true. And having a
German-Irish mother doesn't help me win the 
Mediterranean Man of the year award! LOL :-)

I used to worry more about this until I went to
Termini and saw other blonde and red-haired native
residents. Also, I have met many of you who are 100%
Sicilian and yet have seen similarly non traditionally
Mediterranean features. My dear friend Tami in
Cleveland is 100% Italian (75% Sicilian, 50%
Termitana) and I practically look dark and swarthy
next to her. My dad's cousin, Sal Marcellino, is 100%
Termitano, born in Termini and he is similarly very
fair complected as is also my father. 

I theorize that some of us Termitani have quite a bit
of Norman blood. A boyhood photo of my 100% Termitano
grandfather posted on the Termini website shows him
with blonde hair even though his older sisters are
darker and more olive-complected:
http://www.termini-imerese.org/Pictures/Geraci1.htm

Unfortunately, I seem to have only inherited the
less-favorable Sicilian features such as short
stature, short upper body, a long nose, and the
beginning of facial jowls if I gain too much weight.
But what I lack in genetics I try to make up for in
fervor for our people and history! And my appetite for
canolli's!

Ken Geraci

--- "Fr. Anthony Delisi" <franthony at trappist.net>
wrote:

> Ken does not have typical Sicilian features. > -



 
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