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Most Popular Italian Surnames — Romano

Number 5 Italian Surname Romano

I guess it’s not surprise that Romano is in the top 5 most common Italian surnames.  Some show it as 5 some as 6, but we’ll probably see some discrepancies as we move down the list.

ROMANO ROMANNO: Local. From lands in the county of Peebles, Scotland, so called from a Roman military way, leading from the famous Roman camp at Line to the Lothians, which passed through the middle of those lands, from which they were called Romanno.  Romano is also associated with Sephardic Jews.

— Ludus Patronymicus(1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

(Italian) One who came from Rome (four crossroads), or from within Rome’s political sphere; one who has visited Rome.

— Dictionary of American Family Names(1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith
There is one branch of the Colonna family with Romano appended to it in the Libro d’Oro
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Romano Link from igenea.  They have a research project for Romano.

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The Romano Family Project is open to all who are interested in working together to find their common heritage through sharing of information and dna testing. All variant spellings are welcome. If your Surname is missing and should be included, we’ll be glad to add it. Please visit our website and add your family to the Patriarch Page.

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A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. They are of the most interest in cultures where surnames are passed on from father to son like the Y-Chromosome. This project is for males taking a Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) test. Thus, the individual who tests must be a male who wants to check his direct paternal line (father’s father’s father’s…) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, Y-DNA67, or Y-DNA111 test and who has one of the surnames listed for the project. Females do not carry their father’s Y-DNA. Females who would like to check their father’s direct paternal line can have a male relative with his surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNAPlus test or the mtFullSequence test and participate in an mtDNA project. Both men and women may take our autosomal Family Finder test to discover recent relationships across all family lines.

Romano Crests from Stemmario.It
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Prince Marino Francesco Caracciolo My 8th Great Grandfather

CARACCIOLO , Francesco Marino . – Son of Marino, Prince of Avellino, and of Francesca d’Avalos, was born posthumously 29 Jan. 1631. Universal heir of the titles and assets of his father, who in his will had not failed to direct him practical suggestions to achieve prestige and success, was held by proxy by the Infanta of Spain, Mary, Queen of Hungary, who shortly before his birth he had enjoyed the hospitality of the princess of Avellino. The C. was placed

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How to find Italian Birth Records with the New Antenati

If you are just starting out I suggest that you visit these pages or posts first. Italian Surname Search Research Links Organization Tools Here is an update to my past from Feb 3.  I found several links on the Family Search Wiki to assist with translations of Italian Records found on the Antenati. Birth Records Death Records      Marriage Records  Strategies for locating records by type and date. From letters to request church records in

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Italian DNA – Haplogroups

Having received great feedback on my post Italian DNA — Where Do We Come From?  I thought I would go a little deeper into Haplogroups.  Very simple put, a Haplogroup is a marker of sorts that denotes a certain mutation at a certain time in history.  This marker allows genealogists to more or less pinpoint a migration path.  Males inherit this marker from both parents, while females only their mother.   Knowing your haplogroup allows

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Italian Migration To America

There were several reasons for Italian Migration To America.  Poverty, natural disasters, unification and political corruption to name a few.  After unification, the Northern Italians dominated the government.  The Southern Italians were considered lower class and were highly taxed and exploited. While there are many many articles and books written about Italian Migration to America, this a a brief encapsulation.  However, I do provide some links for those who want to pursue further. From Digital

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Most Popular Italian Surnames — Russo

Number 1 Italian Surname Russo Russo(Italian: [ˈrusso], Sicilian: [ˈrussʊ]) is a common Siciliansurname, historically denoting nobility.[2]The root of the name originates from Medieval Latin for, Rus’,meaning, “the Norseman”—the Viking founders of the Russian Principalities—from Old Norse, “the men who row”.[3]The first recorded entry of the name Russo was discovered in the documents of Sperlinga Castle in Enna, Sicily, dated 1132.[1]Under the Norman rule of Sicily, King Roger II had granted the land title of Sperlinga Castle to

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Italian DNA — Where do we come from?

But I know my grandparents came from Italy, how come I’m not 100% on my Italian  DNA test?  I know where I came from, why should I take a DNA test.  Ahh, there just made up anyway, somebody I know took the test and it said they where only 10% Italian, how can that be? All valid questions.  One thing we have to remember is that Italy was not united until the mid 19th Century.

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