my grandparents, me, 1978

now, you're probably asking yourself, is melissa part african american?

the answer, my friends, or so i am told, is no.

my grandfather was, apparently, 100% italian. but, he looks black if you ask me.... !

so, unless i see some written proof, i don't think we know for sure! (not that it matters to me!)

and, check out my grandmother's hair.

i kid you not, when i was about 10 years old, a cicada got stuck in her hair and both she and i had a nervous breakdown b/c it was impossible to find and get out... true story!

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happibug says:

They look so happy to have baby Melli with them! How sweet! And that cicada story is hilarious!!
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cybermelli says:

oh gosh, that cicada story... i remember exactly where we were walking when it happened too! all we could hear was the beeping noise so we knew it was in there but we couldn't get it out!
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Nina-chan says:

Wow, that hair is cool! O.o I love the cicada story ^-^So hilarious.

Your grandfather actually looks really "Italian" to me :) People from the very south of Italy tend to have pretty dark skin.
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gemini angel art says:

i think i would have changed my hairstyle after that..rofl! Your grand father reminds me of the dark skinned Italian men i remember seeing when i went to Germany as a child to visit my grandparents.(my parents immigrated to the US before my brother and i were born) My Opa Karl's family is from the southern part of Germany near Italy and has very dark skin too
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akgregory26 says:

He doesn't look black to me, just very Italian. They really do look so happy to have little you in their life. That cicada story is priceless.
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rpalomino_1 says:

Yeah, that's Italian - my husband's dad's side is SUPER Italian. What's freaky is the blue eyes.
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cybermelli says:

hehehe, thanks for the unanimous verdict guys! actually, this was also summer, so he'd be even more tan than usual!
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♥ Citlali ♥ says:

I definitely think he looks Italian...the cicada story is hilarious!
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birdie's stuff says:

I was going "Ah, Italian granddad", and got confused when you started writing about being African American. Like others have commented, he looks genuinely Italian! Grandma looks like a first generation Barbie, very stylish! :D
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Mah* Belle says:

He doesn't look black at all.
Hispanic maybe, yes, very Italian,.
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plastic_fashion says:

sweet shot! for sure he looks Italian. Oh and you are only a year older than I.
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cybermelli says:

hah, okay, well, it seems that only my sister and i thought our grandfather was black -- that's okay though, we were like 5 years old when we came up with that theory!
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Mah* Belle says:

which reminds me of my best friend Nicole when I was 5. She seem to still think up until now that she needs to keep on pointing all the time when she's dancing, just because my big cousin taught us so back then. Be careful what 5 year-olds get ideally locked-into

Hey, I swear I didn't follow!
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cybermelli says:

lol, okay, that is so so funny! poor thing! didn't she figure out, after all these years, that no one always points when they dance? except maybe in 70s disco movies? hehe!
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Her.Royal.Demoness says:

We have a running joke about my grandfather being African American, too! He's 100% Polish (allegedly), and apparently in the south of Poland people get HELLA dark when they tan. Enter my grandfather. Which is strange, because my brother and I can't tan for the LIFE of us. We're the whitest people you'll ever see.

And your grandmother's hair is possibly the most awesome thing I've ever seen.
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karmapix says:

Your grandma has that old-school beehive! That was RARE in the 70s unless you were from the south.
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cybermelli says:

hehe, that's great, i love hearing other people's stories!

yeah, my grandmother had this hair till like......... 1999 or something. it went from red to white blonde in the 80s and stayed that way till she got too old to bother maintaining it... she's not in the greatest health these days.
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Mah* Belle says:

Heyy! I like the hair. If she was my neighbor I definitely am having coffee with her. I love stories of the yesteryears.
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