You are correct, I am Calabrian, and most of our neighbors were southern Italians.. Although many of them do not consider Sicilians to be real Italians..
My ex wife was half Sicilian, and my grandfather wouldn’t allow her family to cross his threshold, he did let my wife enter, because in his narrow mind she was diluted enough with Italian blood to be accepted.. LOL
“My ex wife was half Sicilian, and my grandfather wouldnt allow her family to cross his threshold, he did let my wife enter, because in his narrow mind she was diluted enough with Italian blood to be accepted.. LOL”
So she was Calabrian by marriage? ;)