First of all, he was not adopted. After first marriage, his mother got custody and married Sonny, his stepfather. As TonyBoy wrote, his bio father's last name was Grillo. It's all mentioned in his book Blood Covenant, an excellent read.

Giancarlo - I just looked up the pic again and she is indeed identified as Tina.

Mark how you been buddy?

I'm not sure what the deal with Michael Franzese's ethnicity is. But if he's not born to italian parents then to me he's not italian and i don't care who adopted him. I never read his book, does he mention his birth parents at all? Did Sonny and his wife know them? I have a feeling Sonny vouched for him and said he had italian birth parents. But i don't know that as a fact. Anyone?

Would you consider Snooki to be Italian, even though that troll was adopted from Colombia? Or Hayden in the Godfather? If it's not in their DNA and blood line then they are not Italian.

Personally I disagree. If I adopted a kid and he was with me since infancy I would consider him to be whatever I was and my wife was. Because that's the way he grew up. That's all he knows. And at the end of the day, when people look at the last name they say "He's italian". And when his grand kids and great grand kids want to look up their ancenstry they're going to look up the last name and its going to trace back to Italy. Not Ireland or Germany or anything like that, but Italy. Snooki and all the jersey shore people are a disgrace to Italians. But you should ask her what she considers herself. It's not up to me or anyone else to decide what she is.

It was brought up here first. And like I said in the other thread. I think you're way off and I disagree. And I don't think you have the right to tell someone what they are. A DNA test doesn't go back to the beginning of time. So that can't trace your ancestory back 100%.

If you're born in the US, you're american, first of all, no matter what culture you identify with. If you want to trace your roots, you need to start with your birth parents.

If an african baby is with a chinese foster family from birth, they're chinese? Next they're with a german foster family and now they're german? "Oh please let a russian family take me in next, I've always wanted to be russian!!"

If you're born in the US, you're american, first of all, no matter what culture you identify with. If you want to trace your roots, you need to start with your birth parents.

If an african baby is with a chinese foster family from birth, they're chinese? Next they're with a german foster family and now they're german? "Oh please let a russian family take me in next, I've always wanted to be russian!!"