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Dear Claudia, thank you so much for your kind comment. Yes, my paternal grandfather and grandmother are from Terrasini, an oceanside village outside of Palermo, Sicily. Two Serra brothers, Frank (Francesco, my grandfather) and Salvatore moved here to the US, Detroit, Michigan about 1917. Their first visit to the States was when they were young boys with my Great-Grandfather Filippo; and then they came alone (sponsored by a cousin in Detroit we presume). The two Serra brothers married two Corollo sisters, Grace (Grazia, my Grandma) and Catherine (Caterina) - they were married in a double wedding ceremony in 1917. Grandma was born in Terrasini, but my Great-Grandpa Antonio Corollo moved them to Tabarka, Tunesia, Africa. He was a shipbuilder. I guess we have a lot of family still in Sicily and Paris, France. Here there are quite a few Serras; and a few migrated to North Carolina, Virginia, California, and Florida.