Who Do You Think You Are?

‘MY GRANDFATHER WAS GIVEN AWAY TO A FOUNDLING HOME IN ITALY’

PAULA DAILY lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She has been researching her family tree for 16 years

The year is 1895, and the location is a small town in the north Italian province of Cuneo. A woman hurries to the local children’s home carrying a newborn child in her arms. The director quizzes her as to the mother’s identity, but she refuses to give any details.

The truth behind the baby’s birth would remain a secret for over a century, until Paula Daily

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