Getting Started
If I run out of things to say, I will refer to a handy little book, “To Our Children’s Children – Preserving Family Histories for Generations to Come”, by Bob Greene and D.G. Fulford. As I open this book, I notice the bookplate. Apparently, I got this from my daughter, Andrea. Thanks.
There are hundreds of questions in this book and I’m sure it will help prompt me to write something. First, let’s go through the 30 demographic questions. I won’t give you the questions, just the answers in short bursts.
I was born Peter DiSantis (with no middle name) in the Bronx Hospital on a Saturday morning. I was named after my paternal grandfather, Pietro DiSantis, an Italian immigrant.
Anthony V. DiSantis 
Adeline J. Denaro
My mother was one of 11 and my dad was one of nine. I came into a big Italian family and very happy about it. With 36 aunts and uncles come, 54 first cousins. Now, those cousins are grandparents and I’m not sure anyone has a total headcount of the clan. If each cousin had two children and each of them had two, that would be 216 not counting spouses. I’m the exception to that rule. I have 5 children and eight grandchildren.
Based on my heritage, I assumed I was 100% Italian. I bragged for the longest time, “I’m FBI – full blooded Italian”. Well, science and DNA proved me wrong.
