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ÀS AN AUSTRALIAN ITALIAN, I THOUGHT TO HEAR ITALIANS WITH AN AUSSIE ACCENT WAS WEIRD, WHATS EVEN WEIRDER IS ITALIANS WITH WELSH ACCENTS .. FACETEMI QUESTO PLEASE???

It’s all too obvious that you’re trying to push the narrative that Bardi’s migrants were purely Welsh. This whitewashing is both Petty and disgraceful as many people also migrated to England , France , Belgium and the Americas , just to name a few.

i miss my country!!!

Im turkish/indo iranian kurdish by blood but my roots are in wales im proud to be a member of the welsh asian community. Being a mix of Mediterranean/persian/indian/indo armenian/cretan/spanish kurdish,turkish/indian parsi/ south and west asian but also having roots in wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Im proud to be a member of there welsh turk/kurd community in Wales. Just like other asian welsh communities we are proud of our culture and history and being from wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.

What a nice video!

My dad was left in an orphanage in North Wales (Prestatyn) in 1946. I did a DNA test and I am 26% Italian, inherited from his side. My dad died without ever knowing who his biological parents were. I'm very proud of my Italian heritage and I would be so happy to find out the names of my biological grandparents!

There was racism before, during and after the War, but no-one complained. We've come through this ok :)

Mae dim y fath beth ag Eidalwyr Cymru. Chi'n Cymraeg neu Eidalwyr a mae nw yn Eidalwyr achos mae neb Cymraeg fynna yn yr parti hwna. Pam bod Eidalwyr yn dod I Cymru beth bynnag? Lol Maen bwrw glaw pob dydd. Ac pryd o nwn dod? Saen gwbod pam mae nw'n yma.

I just found this program and I’m so excited! In America as a Welsh Italian I had no idea how the Italian culture was so strong in Wales and I’ve been a few times to visit and track down family thru our Canadian ties to Wales. It was a gorgeous history, sociology and family tree lesson with amazing scenery and delicious cooking ideas. Thank you for sharing this. Now I have more to go on!!!

My uncle Henry George Brocklebank died on the ship. He was guarding the interns on their journey. He was a good swimmer but his body was never recovered.

Wow! Welsh and Italian women are awesome, and gorgeous.

Bellissimo video👏 In estate a Bardi specie quando c’è il mercato sembra un paese internazionale invaso da francesi,inglesi.In realtà tutti cittadini”bardigiani” che vivono in giro x il mondo che tornano alle origini dei nonni e bisnonni❤️🇮🇹

My great great grandmother was a welsh woman. She went from Cardiff and lived in Genoa where she married an italian man when Genoa was still a city of the Kingdom of Sardinia. This kingdom had is capitol city in Turin ( Piedmont, Aosta Valley, Liguria, Nice, Savoy and of course Sardinia). In 19th century in Genoa were living 5,000 welsh families. They imported coal in Italy and exported iron. Her name was Alice Sempron. She had two daughters and one of them was my great graondamother.

I wish to point out that the Tarantella music has NOTHING to do with Bardi and northern Italy , tarantella is traditional music from southern Italy , the Naples area. It's like using Flamenco to represent Londoners

Traditional Italian song? No, non e vero perche Calon Lan e une canzone Gallese!

My parents and most of my cousins are from Borgo Taro which is a short distance from Bardi

certo che questa tarantella ha veramente scocciato, poi con Bardi non ha nulla a che vedere

Sabrina's beautiful. Love her Merthyr accent too.

Bruh my teacher is related to them and bye that’s my town 🤙🏼🤙🏼

Anyone heard of the rabaiottis

This is my cousin 🥰🥰🥰

Love this vid - thank you! Next year in August, I’ll come visit Bardi.

John Bracchi I was born in California. My Rabaiotti great great grandparents were born and died in Grezzo. My Bracchi great grandparents came to California in 1883. I'm doing genealogy and finding out about all I can. Fulgoni, Rabaiotti, Bracchi. I've made the family connection to Giacomo Bracchi. My fifth cousins live in Cardiff. I was going to attend the Festa this August but not now. Next year!

John Bracchi

Through DNA I’ve just discovered I’m 45% south welsh (Merthyr Tydfil) and 5% Italian from my unknown biological father, do you know if there’s a list or society I can get in touch with to find my father..? Thank you

Italians sing to anybody .marry to anybody. make love to anybody,share food with anybody share their beautiful things with everybody. that's how all human nations should be.

Beatiful film, Viazzani wonderful familys, also Chiappa. Frank and Teresa, Antonio and Luisa, Pino and Luisa, Tina and nonna Fiorenza had special part in my hearth. I went in Merthyr as a child for same summers and they were marvelos with me. Wishes to all their sons and thanks to Michela that have done a fantastic job with this video.

I went on holiday to Italy. When the locals discovered that I was Welsh, and from Swansea, they usually responded with, " Ah, you know John Charles ? " Oh how they still love that man, the Gentle Giant.

Wonderful TV. Love it

How discusting that a father should be arrested whilst he had two sons serving in the British army !!

4:09 - walked to Wales from Italy? That's unbelievable. What a story. I grew up in Treorchy where there is some Italian influence (and yes a famous Station Cafe owned by a nice Italian family).

Another beautiful video. Thank you Michaela. Today is the 13th 2018 and I'm just getting ready to go to Bardi. Gnam gnam,ho giá l'acquellina in bocca pensando al cibo. Ciao.

Dear Michaela,we have never met,but of course I do know about you and your family's origin in Pilati. I have watched many of your programs and have thoroughly enjoyed them. Well done!! Sono orgogliosa nel sapere che nel Galles esistono ancora ragazze /signore Che sentono ancora IL bisogno di ritornare a Bardi,e di mantenere le vecchie tradizioni. Devo aggiungere peró che temo tutto ció presto finirá. Se vogliamo é un pó come aggiungere l'acqua a un buon vino ( cosa che alcuni anziani faccevano, purtroppo). Volendo far crescere I nostri figli con la mentality Italiana,ci siamo trasferiti a Bedonia (paese Natale della mamma)nel 1988. Sono Una Berni di Sidolo.Auguri e complimenti per il video.

Pisses me of that they speak more Italian at home then they do welsh

Im london born but parents are from Bardi & Varsi. Love watching this programme as I totally understand how difficult it is to feel where you fit in 100%

there is nothing really to know. Fact 1: German U Boat sank it. Fact 2: the internees fought and clambered over one another to get to the boats. The ships company could do nothing about it. Any alien living in a country during a state of war is immediately under suspicion as some could become spies or saboteurs. English people living in Italy and Germany were treated the same - there is nothing untoward or suspicious about it. Yes, it is a tragedy but so where many many other maritime disasters.

Really enjoyed this ! Making some tagliatelle ai funghi now to celebrate!

take a look at ancient history of the area we call Wales today in Roman times, the Welsh are considered Mediterranean in origin, Englebert Humperdink, Tom Jones ect... are dark and many Welshman who have non-Italian last names can pass for Italian, not by coincidence

I never knew this...I will now be planning my trip there. Grazie!

Wow...x

#Tedaldi #ValTaro #ValCeno

It's refreshing to watch these Welsh Italians proclaim true love for their fine heritage. All Europeans should equally love and embrace the priceless inheritance bestowed upon them by their very wise and prudent ancestors. Ancestors who were willing to make the sacrifices and invest the hard work into retaining the ultimate gift to your descendants.

I wish I'd seen this program when it was on! I'm Welsh Italian and though only have an Italian grandmother I am certainly Italian bred! Va bene!

Love this !! My family are North London born and bred but parents originate from Varsi which is along the main road out of Bardi towards Fornovo and Parma. We spent many August Ferragosto holidays up at Bardi and in the castle. My brothers and I remember watching a steady stream of UK registered cars with Welsh flag stickers driving past our house in Varsi towards Bardi. The names Viazzani, Sidoli etc. are so familiar as are the scampagnata scenes ! Thank you !!

I really enjoyed watching this series but your uncle is correct that being born and living in Wales doesn't make you Welsh - you are definitely Italian immigrants who have not integrated as far as I can see. Wales has its own language and culture and it doesn't appear from these vids that you have any close indiginous Welsh-speaking friends or family and are living in 'Little Italy in Wales'. Correct me if I am wrong. It is the sad story of many immigrant cultures that they seem to ghettoise with those of their own culture and do not integrate fully with their host nations. x

Lovely to see pics of Bardi - I think I have to arrange a research visit - the church looks incredible and although there seems to be a strong focus on food in these vids it would have been nice to see more of the local achitecture and other cultural interests. I am also rather surprised there has been no cross-fertilsation of foods - no mention of Welsh specialities like the delicious 'pice'r y man' (Welshcakes) nor a Sout Walian delicacy called 'bara lawr' (laverbread) - an acquired taste of seaweed in oatmeal which is a rare and important plant-based source of B12 as well as iron and iodine www.bodnant-welshfood.co.uk/blog/laverbread-2900.html. Is Bardi actually twinned with any S Wales towns/cities for cultural exchanges ? I would love to stay with a welsh Italian family in Bardi if I go to visit xx

Thank you for posting this - I'm doing research for a book called 'Welsh Rock' about my own family generations which are Welsh (and Welsh speaking) from the Swansea valley. I well remember an Italian owned cafe in the nearby village of Pontrardawe which was near my grandfather's and it was run by two elderly brothers and their sister - the Rengozzi family. I knew about the Bardi connection and was hoping to discover more about the town. Maybe that will be in part 2 which am about to watch. Thee is also a very famous icecream parlour in Swansea/Mumbles called 'Jo's' and I suspect it is of Italian origin but have to do more research. If you have anything to impart about the Rengozzi's can you please send to me at robydani@gmail.com. Many thanks. Ciao bella! xx

That's weird, I'm watching this on August 13th

cool people

Im from Cardiff Know anywhere I could meet Welsh Italians? Always had a passion for them and their culture/history specifically Roman History.