Did the moderator need a four generation chart. I suggest he/she contact my genealogically gifted number 1 daughter who can provide any details..... the fact is, my family is so racially mixed, we think race politics is a ridiculous red hearing used to deflect people from the real issues. While we are not all conservatives by party affiliation (mom is a democrat, voted for the big-O and Clinton twice), we do lean to the right, all 57 varieties of us.

I recently discovered that in my four generation family, comprised of Hispanics (Spaniards and Mexicans), Blacks, French, Native Americans, Poles, Swedes, Russian Jews, English, Philipino's and Lapps that we as a family are truly American in every way you can imagine. Having said that, we have all decided that we must be one big racist happy family because none of us can find a single Italian in extended circles.... though we all universally love Italian Food and Frank Sinatra. We want to grovel and openly apologize to Italians everywhere for not finding anyone of boot descent within our ranks and ask you to forgive us. My gay adopted son also asks your forgiveness.

Inasmuch as we do have Roman Catholics (along w/ Lutherans, Buddhists, Mormons and Jews) mixed into the closed-nit family group; we were kind of hoping Italians would cut us some slack and let us become an honorary member of an Italian Family somewhere out there. After-all the family's marinara sauces, seven different pastas, Caesar salads, piscatta dishes and garlic toast recipes are to die for - so even though we aren't Italian, we sure as heck can cook as if we hailed from San Remo or Florence.

Oh and if you disagree with me, you are probably a pasta hating homophobes that secretly cross dresses anyway and thinks Obamacare is a skin ointment.