my great grandfather was joseph laraia who came from italy to ny in early 1900. he was a pastry chef for the waldorf astoria. he married a maria dirocco. we also have relatives in ct. other names in our family related to laraia are manzi. also the laraias left behind in italy one was pasquale. he had a brother who came to MA and his name was genaro or jerry and he married a woman who's last name was zammarro. any help to you? let me know.