Fascinating, and amen to that. Recently discovered that my Italian grandfather, who came here from the old country at 17, was actually the illegitimate son of a wealthy townsman from back home… and was quietly shipped off to the New World when too many folks started asking “questions”. And have also since found out just how often that ‘pattern’ has repeated itself within the family even today! Truly “the more things change, the more they remain the same”.