Sheila:
Distant relative might be the appropriate term!! My husband's greatgrandmother was an Ierardi. But her parents were Vincent and Lucia Sassone. I had emailed Roberta (previous postings) the information I had on them. The first is that they are a hard bunch to keep track of. There were two spellings of the name Ierardi and Gerardi. Even though they may have been brothers and cousins. They came over at different times and settled in Lynn to work in the shoe industry - many for Joe Milo. I have a few death notices. Let me know if you want them, I can mail them to you. Alison