[Quiet Man Cometh]

My family has a family tree somewhere that goes back to the time of William the Conqueror coming over to invade England. So apparently I'm Norman ;). Unfortunately, we can't find that or the coat of arms and we're worried that they may have been pawned by a scam artist that shacked up with my grandfather when he was getting Alzheimer's. My Mom's side has the family tree on her mother's side. Her father's side came from Irish farmers so who knows what sort of historical goodies might be in there ;).

My dad's parents are both from Europe, English and Danish, but I don't know what their ancestry is.


I didn't find it hard to get by in Italy really. A lot of people spoke English anyway and the language is fairly easy to pick up, especially if you already know some English and Spanish.