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Iolanda beautiful bella

Iolanda I am named after Yolanda Princess Savoy Italian princess my patron saint the only saint of two countries Poland and Hungary When italian princesses were being banned from Italian soil my brown my great grandfather my great great grandmother was banned from Italian soil all male heirs brothers cousin they arrived in Ellis Island from Rome they were all Masons stone builders finally reconnecting with my beautiful great Irish Italian grand mother concieved my Nonna and concealed mi Nonna shortly afterwards her Irish Italian mother was killed when she was only two all the women were being banned from Rome sadness my nonna was taken raised with Irish Italian family where my journey began mi Nonna finds my Pop Cherokee African American born with the birth of my father 1942 resulting in the birth of me surrounded by arch bishops priest in Chicago beautiful Brown Iolanda was born at home imagine during a blizzard while Charlie Parker was playing Sam Cook my dad sang I love you I love you i love you my skin the color of hot chocolate my Nonna was filled with glee I'm to to witness the birth of italia real brown Italian on American soil she called me Cocoa given me the name Iolanda after her heritage in Rome the male heirs suffered more the women even girls banned from italy by mussolini these Italian men were very brown in color shunned however after my dad's birth 1942 my grandfather set sail to Rome fighting in WW11 liberating Rome protecting the priest arch bishops the royal Italian women had tradgic ends held in German concentration camps by hitler for not killing jews my Nonna family this beautiful story is the story of me brown Iolanda of Rome who would believe this hidden treasure would bestow me through heritage courage blended heritage Italian liberation of Rome today my fruitful heart have my own rainbow tribe of beautiful granddaughters italia Iolanda Yolanda Cocoa Sophia Zion Nona and Grace MY Original Italian Princess bloodline of true Bellas of Rome I am quite sure this led to the American mafia threats the hidden scores hits on my life since the day I was born I shared the photo of my Pop on the right side of Angelo Guisseppi St. John XXIII and a very young Ratzinger Arch Bishop of Munich whom i met chaplians office during my tour of Germany Pope Benedict whom along with his brother George were being kelp protected from Hitler 1944 in Rome with the Knights of Columbus the Abby Arch Bishop most reverend Cardinal Francis George St Ignatious and my wonderful god father on his death bed to pray for his wife suffering breast cancer as I suffered a stroke this created envy rage vengeance shocking mafia organized threats upon mi this fascinating journey of Mi italia self Iolanda of Rome Mi italian heritage inspired me to create write one of my favorites poems 2003 titled somewhere in Italy the beauty of me evolved in Rome

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Date: 10/5/2024 7:39:00 AM
Interesting to learn of your heritage.
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