matthew wrote: > On Dec 20, 10:54 pm, Anne Chambers <a...@privacy.net> wrote: >> Where was he born ? If he was born in Italy, that makes him Italian. >> >> -- >> Anne Chambers, >> South Australia >> anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com > > 1 Vote Italian! Cool. > > I do not have the specific area, but it was in Bari, Italy. So, I am > with you in the thinking that he is Italian. Maybe he would be called, > an Italian-born, Albanian? Maybe... I just do not know if there is a > standard convention for this. > > Thanks so far for all of your Answers! Possibly he might have dual citizenship, but this is unlikely if the family haven't lived in Albania for generations. He would be an Italian of Albanian extraction or an Italian of Albanian ancestry. What he considers himself to be, culturally, is a completely different matter. -- Anne Chambers, South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

On Dec 20, 11:17 pm, Anne Chambers <a...@privacy.net> wrote: > matthew wrote: > > On Dec 20, 10:54 pm, Anne Chambers <a...@privacy.net> wrote: > >> Where was he born ? If he was born in Italy, that makes him Italian. > > >> -- > >> Anne Chambers, > >> South Australia > >> anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com > > > 1 Vote Italian! Cool. > > > I do not have the specific area, but it was in Bari, Italy. So, I am > > with you in the thinking that he is Italian. Maybe he would be called, > > an Italian-born, Albanian? Maybe... I just do not know if there is a > > standard convention for this. > > > Thanks so far for all of your Answers! > > Possibly he might have dual citizenship, but this is unlikely if the > family haven't lived in Albania for generations. He would be an Italian > of Albanian extraction or an Italian of Albanian ancestry. What he > considers himself to be, culturally, is a completely different matter. > -- > Anne Chambers, > South Australia > anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com Thanks Anne, yes, Culturally is another thing all together. I like your examples, I am pretty sure, he did not have dual citizenship. Thanks for your input! Matthew

Anne Chambers wrote: > > Possibly he might have dual citizenship, but this is unlikely if the > family haven't lived in Albania for generations. He would be an Italian > of Albanian extraction or an Italian of Albanian ancestry. What he > considers himself to be, culturally, is a completely different matter. To be pedantic...that should probably be 'an Italian *with* Albanian ancestry' or 'an Italian *of* Albanian descent' :) -- Anne Chambers, South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

"Anne Chambers" <anne@privacy.net> wrote in message news:5t1ffvF1bqhcjU1@mid.individual.net... > Anne Chambers wrote: > >> >> Possibly he might have dual citizenship, but this is unlikely if >> the >> family haven't lived in Albania for generations. He would be an >> Italian >> of Albanian extraction or an Italian of Albanian ancestry. What he >> considers himself to be, culturally, is a completely different >> matter. > > To be pedantic...that should probably be 'an Italian *with* Albanian > ancestry' or 'an Italian *of* Albanian descent' :) But he already said that he was born in Italy and many of his past generations were born in Italy. Am I German because someone moved here from Germany in the 1880's? And all his decedents were born in the US?

Rip wrote: > Am I German because someone moved here from Germany in the 1880's? And > all his decedents were born in the US? And there's another unfortunate misspelling that could start another subthread. Where were the decedents interned? -- Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Government officials and activists flying to Bali, Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a year.

"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in message news:22ut35-nfq.ln1@remote.clifto.com... | Rip wrote: | > Am I German because someone moved here from Germany in the 1880's? And | > all his decedents were born in the US? | | And there's another unfortunate misspelling that could start another | subthread. Where were the decedents interned? Here we go again! But we should all be inured to Clifto's comments by now! Henry Scots-Irish-German-Dutch American Mutt