Having been born in Italy, I too wanted one. So, what I got was the red star that they stamp on the big cheeses in Italina delis.

Trish,
Thanks so much for all the help. I've got an appointment at the Italian Consualte next Wednesday, and I'm seeing the old cousin on the 11th. I'll keep you posted, and thanks for caring.


Nan

Trish, Thank you so much for the comfoting words. Unfortunatley, both my parents and aunts are deceased. I have only my mother's cousin and I'm going to talk to her this week. This is not something my parents wanted me to know. It was actually soemthing I never wanted to know, but when my last Aunt ...

I've just found out after 52 years, that I was adopted from Italy in 1954 by American parents (Italians too). While life with them was wonderful, I need to know more about myself. I have no birth certificate just US naturalization papers. Where do I start? Italian consolate? Can someone help?