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Both my parents are Italian. My mom was born and raised in Italy. My dad was born in Canada, but then they moved to…

— Alessia Cara

My mother is Brazilian, and her grandfather was Italian.

— Kaya Scodelario

My father is Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino; my mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese; Greek last name; born in Hawaii, raised in Germany.

— Mark Dacascos

I have no Italian in me. I'm Cuban, Greek, Romanian and Sephardic Jew, so I couldn't get further from Italian. But I guess I've…

— Jamie Lynn Sigler

I'm a typical mutt American. I have an Italian last name. Half-Mexican, half-Jewish.

— Eric Garcetti

My mom is Italian, and her whole family still lives in Italy. My dad is Australian, and his family lives in Australia, so we…

— Danielle Macdonald

My name actually is Francesco Castaluccio.

— Frankie Valli

My parents gave me a Mexican name. In our culture, we are named after the events of the day.

— Lupita Nyong'o

Although my surname often confuses people into thinking I'm Gujarati, my family is Punjabi.

— Jonita Gandhi

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

— Sprague Grayden

I was named after my paternal grandmother, my dadi. She died before I was born, which is why my parents named me Amy.

— Amyra Dastur

My father is a Sindhi and my mother, a Bengali.

— Vikramaditya Motwane