Guys,

Pizzaboy is right IMO. I'm a first generation Italian American and I know for a fact that when we have gone over to Calabria (where my family is from) our cousins look at me as the "Americana." My parents were born there and came to America and some of the family did not look favorable on that. Especially in southern Italy, they will laugh at us American cousins and make fun of Italian American cuisine, style of clothes etc. A lot of their beliefs and ideologies are still very antiquated over there. My two cents...from experience.