He is, without a doubt Italian, with Albanian roots. Peter. G "Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hr5nm3h76gomdq6h8j538a8vcigmb7fuup@4ax.com... > On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:49:03 -0800 (PST), matthew > <matthew.ciuccio@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>Hello Everyone fast easy question, I bet, for you folks in the know >>about these things. >> >>My Mother's Father is from an Albanian community in Bari, Italy. >> >>He has told me this community has been there for hundreds of years, >>and he says he is Albanian. Although he has never been to Albania in >>his life (nor had any of his family for many generations). >> >>So does this make him Italian, since the community is in Italy, that >>is what I think, or Albanian as he claims? >> >>I kind of think of the question as if a Chinese person is born in >>Chinatown in New York City, they are, American, although culturally >>Chinese. >> >>Any insights into this is would be great, I wonder what the "official" >>ruling is on this question. > > He's Italian. > > If he's Albanian, I'm British, because my ancestors came from Britain a > few > years ago, but I don't think a Brit immigration officer would take kindly > to > that argument. > > > -- > Steve Hayes > E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com (see web page if it doesn't work) > Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/famhist1.htm > http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/ >