Maiden name of my grandmother was Re ... Fernanda Re and was born in Monza in 1911 (Do you know monza F1 grand prix...) near Milan.
Her sister Bruna in 1913
Her Father Giuseppe (Joseph)was born in 1884 in Milan and his brother Piero (Pierre)in 1881 in Lodi (south of Milan)
The family is originary from Pavia .. a land in the south of Milan (50 Km ... 30 miles)
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