Fostering Friendships - Enhancing Social Bonds in the Classroom
My family
1.
2. The first descendant on my father side to come
to Argentina was my dad´s great grandfather .
He came to Argentina 60 years ago(1952) and
he left Italy because the disasters of the World
War II.
3. The first descendant on my mother side to
come to Argentina was my grandmother. She is
call Rosaria Epifanio.
My grandmother came to Argentina as a tourist
and here she fell in love with my grandfather
who was called Rafael Zavaglia. And she never
came back to her country (Italy).
4.
5. Well if I have to describe the migration of my
father´s family I can tell you that is related to a
specific economical situation because the
reason why he came to Argentina was because
all Italy was destroyed and he was discharged of
his work.
But if I have to describe the migration on mi
mother side I can´t related to a specific
economical/ political situation and now you are
going to learn her story………
6. My grandmother came to Argentina as a tourist.
Here she felt in love with my grandfather. She
stay and married with him. Long time ago they
had two babies, a boy and a girl.
A lot of years later she decided to go back to
Italy. When they were there one of her babies
got ill. She quickly went to the doctor and he
said that they had to return to Argentina
because the girl didn't t resist the climate of
Italy.
7. It was a hard decision but finally she
decided to return to Argentina. And
now she is very happy living with all
her family.
