It's pointless to pay too much attention to where the political lines were drawn. What matters is the ethnic group your wife's grandfather belonged to. Slovenes are from areas that now lie in Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and God knows where else. What language did the ship manifest say that he spoke? That's usually a good indication of what ethnic group he belongs to. Dave (the admin) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David M. Lawrence | Home: (804) 559-9786 9272-G Hanover Crossing Drive | Fax: (804) 559-9787 Mechanicsville, VA 23116 | Email: [email protected] USA | http: http://fuzzo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "We have met the enemy and he is us." -- Pogo "No trespassing 4/17 of a haiku" -- Richard Brautigan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 10:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Slovenia or Italy? Hello, I've got a question. My wife's grandfather was born in a town called UNC in 1904. His 1920 ship's list lists him as being born in UNC, Italy. UNC is now in Slovenia. My wife always thought that she was 100% Slovenian. With this new finding, does this make her 1/4 Italian? I'm posting this to both the Italy list and the Slovenian list. Any comments will be very much appreciated. Thanks -- Ron Serpico in Ohio