Getting Back to Your Roots – Some Strategies for Researching Your Italian Family History

by Richard Graziano

In recent years, genealogical research and DNA testing have become increasingly more popular in the United States. It is estimated that more than twenty-six million Americans have done a DNA test, mostly to discover something about their ancestry. Millions more have created family trees on one of the popular ancestry websites. Their motivations range from curiosity about their family backgrounds to interest in health-related issues to the intellectual