User:Carminebe

Mio fratello siamo una cosa sola = John Conte Sr.

A friend my family john was born in the 1920's we both had the same birthday same day same year born in the same town! The contes came to America from Italy through Ellis island with his parents and sister. My mother and I were on the same boat to America as the contes were. I was born from a single mother which was taboo at that time. Our town where we were born was called Acireale a fishing village of Santa Maria La Scala, where our elders refereed to its waters as "u sangu di Jaci" or the "blood of Acis". We both grew up together in the Bronx bayside and Brooklyn wherever the contes moved to we followed. Johns father raised me as his own and helped us whenever we needed money to live. We became separated when john was drafted into the army in WW2 a promise was made between us at that time in our life that no matter where we ended up in life we would always be the blood of blood brothers till the day we died Sicilian brothers "Insieme abbiamo vinto il nostro motto" "Together We Win our motto" John not only kept that promise many years later he taught me his skills after being out of the military. I used these skills to get ahead in this world. john had old world skills and new world skills and a great teacher. John had the ability to convince people to do things that they were opposed to at first all the time. Our crew used to say he would have been a great Diplomat and could have convinced Hitler to give up without firing a shot if he had the chance to face him stare him down and speak German what a man john was. My entry is to set the record straight john was my "Biological Brother" we were twins not identical. My mother was dyeing of cancer and she told me that she was betrothed to johns father 2 years before he married johns mother. John and I were separated at birth and john was taken from me and my mother to be raised in his family. My mother never married because of shame and customs at that time. Both families new about all of this except john and I. John went to his grave never knowing the real truth. We both knew we had such a strong feeling for each other that it use to make us speechless in so many serious situations it even scared us when we use to get into altercations or doing business with other rivals.We could sense each others feelings so deep that we just never spoke of it anymore now I know why. John was my twin brother. We stood up for each other when no one else would He is my brother.Sleep in Peace. There is so much more history. I am Carminebe Luigia Rocco" group=niece> name=penora group=penora> name=Panvennies group=panvennies>