(Medical):Developed Diabetes in later years. Marie Antonia Zaccagnino was named after Antonia Romeo Zaccagnino, her paternal grandmother. She was always referred to as Antoinette or the diminutive form Tonia, which was pronounced Tone. All three Zaccagnino brothers, Donato, Giuseppe, and Santolo, followed the Italian tradition in naming their children. The first child born to Donato and Caterina was a Mariantonia; however, she died in Italy at the age of two years. The Italian tradition of naming follows that the first female child be named after the father's mother, so we have Maria Antonia as the fifth child, but the first living female. I have no memory of Tony Aicale but I do remember Dominick Stigliani. He had a very heavy, brush type mustache and every time he greeted me I was first given the customary pinching of the cheeks (which was not generally a gentle pinch from Dominick); then I was picked up and given a very huge scratchy kiss. I remember the trips when my dad drove our family, along with Marie's sisters, Rose and Mary, to New York and we all stayed overnight with some having to make do by sleeping on the floor. On these trips I always looked forwarded to passing by the docks where the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary docked. My dad had pointed them out as he came home from World War II on the Queen Elizabeth and it was always of interest to him to see which ships would be docked as we drove by. From the roadway you could not actually see the water but you would see the very huge ships looming up. As a child I was quite impressed with the site. My dad always liked to tell the story of one particular trip taken in the summer, during some very hot weather. At the time he had a car with a large area under the back window and I would lay down in this area. Well, it was so hot on the return trip that I could not lay up on that ledge, and sitting in the lap of Aunt Rosie or Aunt Mary was also uncomfortable. But dad had a solution; he got a block of ice and placed it on the floor in the back seat. Aunt Mary and Aunt Rosie rested their feet on the ice during the journey home, and I am sure that with their comfort mine followed. Maria Antonia was called Aunt Zia Tone and I think even Aunt Rosie and Aunt Mary referred to her as Zia Tone. As a child I just thought Zia was part of her name. In later years I realized Zia was aunt in Italian, and I found it strange she would be called aunt twice. Some family members think she was addressed this way as respect for the oldest of the siblings and a great aunt to most of the family. I am sure there is some Italian custom that covers this term of respect.