10/09/2026
Looking for Ancestors in Sicily 🇮🇹❤️
Today, I’m headed to Sicily—and this trip is going to be a very special one.
I’ll be traveling with three generations of my family: my mom, my aunt, cousins, siblings, and nephews. Eleven of us in all!
The photo above is of Salemi, the town where my great-grandfather was born and lived until he immigrated to the United States.
There is something incredibly meaningful about traveling to a place your family came from and standing where your ancestors once stood.
I'm especially looking forward to seeing my mom's and aunt's faces when they spot something that connects them to their father and uncles. Apparently, figs are one of those things. 🍈
I'm also hoping we'll get the chance to visit the local Hall of Records and perhaps uncover a few pieces of our family story.
And who knows? Maybe we'll even discover that we still have family there.
That's the part of travel I love most—the unexpected moments and the stories that can't be found in a guidebook.
Of course, I'm also looking forward to beautiful towns, incredible food, exploring places I've never been, and simply being together as a family.
Mostly, though, I'm looking forward to time. Time with people I love. Time in a place that means something to our family. Time to slow down and experience it all together.
I'll be sharing pieces of our adventure along the way, including the inevitable question of how eleven family members manage to travel together. 😂
If you've ever traveled somewhere connected to your family history, I'd love to hear about it. Did you find what you were looking for—or did the journey surprise you in some other way?
Sicily, here we come. ❤️🇮🇹
