Italy's Unofficial Colonies in South America (Argentino Italiano and Italiano Brasileiro)

[@SaudiHaramco]

If you look at the Argentinian football team you'll see a lot of italian names such as: Messi, Di Maria, Icardi, Biglia, Mascherano, Pastore, Musacchio, Salvio, Perotti, Lanzini, Rulli, Vietto...

[@jeanbethencourt1506]

113PRH I believe Rulli could also be a Catalan name, though.

[@ChrisM-vz4pe]

You forget Spanish names such as, higuain, Augero, Tevez, Romero, Banega, Rojo, Zabaleta, Perez, Rodriguez, Fernandez, Gaitan and etc.

[@onestruggle4878]

Chris M So? Just because your last name is Rodriguez, doesn’t mean that your other surnames aren’t Italian, nor negate the fact that you have Italian ancestry. Cristian Rodriguez of Uruguay (soccer player) his second surname is BARONE. A lot of Uruguayan soccer players are maternally Italian, even though they have Spanish surnames.

[@andreaguirre9592]

Bruno Schiavi Popesku Di Maria claro que lo es, Messi y Macherano no estoy tan seguro en el caso de Macherano sus facciones si son "Europeas" y su color de piel es más bien canela u oliva como el de muchos italianos y españoles del sur.

[@carlosmedrano6868]

Bruno Schiavi Popesku eso explica lo chaparro 😂😂😂

[@estudiantes68]

Interesting fact: Buenos Aires telephone directory has more italian surnames than that of Rome.

[@jqprince5157]

H Kloss stu cazzu

[@thetriggeredgirl9173]

H Kloss _Argentina, Uruguay or Chile are by far safest than USA_ 🙄

[@shakeyaguarete]

@@hkloss11 You don't know what the fuck you're talking about. The built those countries. Lazy spanish mestizos don't do fuck all!

[@leonardoflorentin]

@@shakeyaguarete you are from paraguay yet you say that, what a fuckin idiot.

[@Gaboxxy96]

@@hkloss11 Actually here in Brazil, the southern states (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná) are by far the most developed ones while also having the most italian colonies, alongside german. So believing Brazil is what it is because of italians is just not true.

[@m8inho]

I am 50% japanese, 25% portuguese and 25% italian = 100% brazilian

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

com muito orgulho e muito amor :)

[@david_contente]

Massa

[@leonardofernandez2086]

You must be paulista bro!! Greetings by this uruguayan in NY.

[@diegoballivian5886]

There is great diversity in Latin America and we cannot just go by stereotypes. I am 60% Spanish, 20% French, 10% Armenian, 10% Amerindian = 100% Bolivian

[@markymarco2570]

No you're not, sorry.

[@desanipt]

5:57 As a Portuguese I've talked with a lot of Brazilian on youtube and they definitely are still very aware of the huge Italian influence in the south/southeastern regions of the country. That's not forgotten at all in Brazil, for real!

[@efxnews4776]

Indeed, the southern states are actually divided in several regions with predominance of an european ethno-cultural comunitys. Germans, italians, spanish and portuguese... All of the having their own traditions but with one thing in common... They know that they are brazilians and they know are unified by this wonderful banner.

[@maryocecilyo3372]

Português e brasileiros escreveram em inglês :v

[@Rudrugo]

That is so true! No wonder we adopted the word “ciao” in Brazil!

[@CapaNoisyCapa]

Fui pra Itália e só comi comida brasileira: pizza, polenta, ragu, capeletti... Just kidding. You "patrícios" have some work to do on "toucinho".

[@eggman2173]

@Alvaro Higino Ceará tem uma baita influência nórdica no DNA depois que fizeram uma pesquisa lá

[@ArturoStojanoff]

In Argentina it is in no way forgotten how significant the Italian influence is. Everyone knows, and here in Buenos Aires everyone is a little Italian. EVERYONE.

[@delevator8755]

Arturo Stojanoff aww "Stojanoff"? Do you also happen to be a little Bulgarian?

[@ArturoStojanoff]

Yeah, my grandpa was Bulgarian. His name was Динко Стоянов, but he then moved to Germany where they Latinized it to "Stojanoff", god knows why. He was my only Bulgarian relative, though. I didn't really grow up with much Bulgarian culture at home, other than my dad's name "Demetrio" (which is the Spanish version of Димитър) being often shortened to "Mitko" by everyone.

[@yarpen26]

Russia also calls the Ukrainians Little Russians so I would be kind of weary if I were you.

[@delevator8755]

yarpen26 can't tell if you're joking or you misunderstood my comment. P.S. or you're not talking to me.

[@delevator8755]

Arturo Stojanoff fascinating. Obviously I recognized the name because I'm Bulgarian myself. I'm assuming your grandpa left Bulgaria after 1944 and received political asylum in Argentina?

[@Rudrugo]

Argentina had so many italian migrants that the Argentinian spanish has an italian sound. It really sounds italian when they speak!!

[@outwiththem]

But Spanish sounds more manly and not that silly. That is why most Italo-Argies dont speak Italian- Only Spanish.

[@outwiththem]

it will never be. The Italians in Arge speak Spanish.

[@lorenzorobertocividini3698]

outwiththem When people came to Argentina from Italy there was no Italian language people in Italy used to speak other languages, the Italian language is new and was used to unify all the people in Italy

[@outwiththem]

Ok.. When did that happened? I read Italy provinces were united in around 1870? right?

[@LaBucci]

Hodreego Vermelho yup! They have an Italian accent and use some Italian words in their Argentine dialect! It’s amazing how much of an influence Italians had on Argentina

[@larryf2821]

The Pope, for example, is an Italian-Argentine.

[@albertopena5644]

Hahaha. That's not a cathegory we use in Latin America. We don't put people in boxes as they do in the US. He's not an Italian-Argentine, he's simply an Argentine who happens to have an Italian second name.

[@RafaelFrancucci]

Yes, is true.

[@shadimalpz1717]

@@albertopena5644 Alberto, en Italia, si una persona tiene ambos padres, padre y madre italianos, entonces, el hijo es considerado italiano, independientemente del lugar del mundo en donde haya nacido. Es cierto que en Argentina no encerramos a la gente en categorías de razas u origen, pero también es cierto que, desde el punto de vista de la ley italiana, el Papa, es argentino y también italiano.

[@albertopena5644]

@@shadimalpz1717 Pero eso no es más que a los efectos del pasaporte. Acá se está hablando de otra cosa. En EEUU, se usan las clasificaciones de todo lo que consideran no WASP no importa si tenés papeles o no, y si tus antepasados son extranjeros o han sido estadounidenses por varias generaciones. Es más, la propia gente se mete en esas cajas. Te dicen "I'm Italian" aunque sean bisnietos de italianos y no sepan decir más que "pizza". Otro ejemplo claro son los "Afro-Americans". Por qué "Afro-Americans"? Para la cultura estadounidense, nunca van a ser del todo "Americans", y nunca van a dejar de ser "Afro". En Latinoamérica no existe ese concepto que, de alguna forma, es negacionista de la nacionalidad. En Argentina, estoy segurísimo que no se lo considera ni italiano ni italo-argentino, sino simplemente argentino. Y me animaría a decirte que en Italia, independientemente de los temas de documentación, sólo se lo considera italo-argentino porque es el Papa (o pasa también con futbolistas famosos), si fuera un inmigrante común y corriente que va a buscar laburo, a pesar del pasaporte italiano, socialmente se lo consideraría argentino.

[@soyderiverdeliverybeaver8941]

@@albertopena5644 jajaja mal, en estados unidos son muy raros. te dicen que son riegos porque el bisabuelo era grego, y buscan excusas para su forma de ser dependiendo del origen de alguno de sus ancestros.

[@Mrgaston016]

I'm from Uruguay and at the moment I'm at the office looking around at my coworkers and half of them have Italians last names. There's 3.3 million people in the country and according the census bureau more than a million have Italian heritage. The influence in our daily life is enormous, even right now.

[@Leo-pt9ei]

somos 3.5

[@SamtheI]

Hope one day I can go visit Uruguay! Beautiful country

[@johnscanlan9335]

I've long been very interested in Uruguay. How would you describe how people of Italian ancestry have fitted into Uruguayan society? Are they more often employed in private-sector occupations vs. working for the government? Or is there no difference between people of Italian and Spanish ancestries? I'd be very interested in any comments you'd like to make!

[@tomasfernandez5232]

Se calcula que entre 20 a 30 millones de argentinos tienen descendencia italiana

[@johnscanlan9335]

@@santisilver10 I had a sense your description might be true but I wasn't sure. Thank you for clarifying this issue.

[@tungus-]

Would be interesting to learn about Germans in South America, particularly Southern Brazil and Argentina

[@dcarvajal15]

And chile 🇨🇱

[@alejandromilici7763]

and Venezuela, there's a town called Colonia Tovar that was funded by germans

[@Arthur-ki2by]

I have visited the German area in southern Brazil and it does feel completely different. (Edit: Some of them) have such a separated identity that they call northerners "Brazilian" as if they were not. In my opinion this is good and bad at the same time. If on one hand this can be related to prejudice and segregation, on the other I think it is cool that they managed to preserve their heritage and make their area nearly free of some of the problems the rest of the county is full of. There is a controversial saying here in Brazil that states "The South is another country".

[@vitorgregorio2106]

South of Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul) are mostly Italians, Germans and Polish.

[@vicentereacts1304]

There are actually more Japanese people on Rio Grande do Sul (especially in Santa Maria and Ivoti, there's even a little Japanese neighborhood that's breathtaking) than polish, I only know one polish city in RS, Mariana Pimentel.

[@Awlo81]

Argentinians are always welcome here in Italy. Your home country is here for you to discover. Actually, many Argentinians can take Italian citizenship as our country recognises ius sanguinis as a rule for applying.

[@joaquintch9433]

Thanks mate, I'd love to visit Italy. I'm Italian-Argentinian 👍

[@Serbinator_Dominator]

ColdHardFacts my grandparents immigrated from Yugoslavia, and its a shit show down there, whole of Europe will be islamic in next 30 years game over.

[@kiran-yz8io]

@@Serbinator_Dominator stop them

[@Serbinator_Dominator]

rob Rodriguez nope. You stop them tough guy

[@jackdanila9893]

I have Italian, Hungarian and Spanish blood. Which citizenship should I choose?

[@neogeo6268]

My girlfriend from Argentina struggled when here in the US, she faced a dilemma on what "ethnicity box" to choose on the census because ignorant Americans think all Latinos are Amerindians/mestizos. Latino is a cultural heritage, for those who don't know it (you can be a Latino white, black, or even Asian). Also, Americans and other Latin Americans think Argentinians are white Americans when they see them for the first time... until they hear them speak Spanish, and even then some think they are speaking another European language. LOL. Also, when Brazilians (white) come to the US, they face the same awkwardness and are told: "But you are not black" as if everyone in Brazil should be black. And even worse, they think Brazilians speak Spanish. NO! Brazilians speak PORTUGUESE. PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELF MORE, dear Americans. Argentina is the Italy of the Americas indeed. Most north Italians went there between 1880 and 1950 and they settled in the center and south part of the country. The northern part of the country remained mostly with the Spanish and indigenous mixed people. Because of this, today you can see a distinct racial makeup between the north and the center-south. The food they eat is basically Italian. The popular Argentinian accent is pretty much Spanish with Italian accent. The popular "porteño" dialect has many Italian words. The hand and arm gestures, etc. Most Argentinians can get Italian citizenship if their grandparents were Italian.

[@martinarbaiza5730]

vos si que sabes pibe, I see you know a lot.

[@КапитанВладивосток]

Los LATINOS son, por definicion, blancos, porque son europeos. Los que pueden ser de todos colores y formas son los LATINOAMERICANOS, que son otra cosa

[@neogeo6268]

Sí, correcto. Los verdaderos latinos son los Europeos del sur (Italia, España, Portugal, etc). Pero el problema es que aquí en Estados Unidos el término "Latino" (así como "Hispanic"), es utilizado solamente para describir las personas de origen latinoamericano. El mismo error cometen los latinoamericanos que se hacen llamar solamente "latinos". De la misma forma que los europeos cometen el error de llamar de "indios" a los aborígenes de las Américas porque nadie es de India.

[@Jqzd3000]

Most people of the USA dont know much about the world and other cultures, probably they think pizza and tacos are food from USA.

[@ilovecats2432]

La verdad que no entiendo por que los estadounidenses (no todos) son tan ignorantes.

[@kauejones1670]

The city of São Paulo alone has almost 6 million Italian descendants. It is the city with the most descendants of Italians in the world. 2x more than Italy's capital, Rome. A century ago, more than 70% of São Paulo's inhabitants spoke Italian instead of Portuguese.

[@daniy1426]

Non sense new york or Buenos Aires have far more descendents than São Paulo, the Italian comunity in São Paulo is just the 3 or 4 far away from the Portugueses and even Japaneses.

[@jonaslorenzo4850]

@@daniy1426 6 millones de ítalo na cidade de São Paulo.

[@jonaslorenzo4850]

@@daniy1426 São Paulo tem 22 millones de habitantes.

[@karinaferreira8007]

@@daniy1426 From what I researched about the Italian community in New York, there are 2.6 million Italians and Italian-Americans living in New York. In the entire state of São Paulo there are 13 million and in the capital of São Paulo there are 6 million And in Brazil there are 30 million Italian descendants New York ranks 3rd with the largest Italian population, losing to Buenos Aires, Argentina (first) and São Paulo, Brazil (second) New York being the largest population of Italians in the US and North America

[@lorenzomilani9611]

@@karinaferreira8007 more than 30% of NY is italian

[@meofamily4]

Garibaldi, who unified Italy in 1859, spent a decade fighting for local autonomy -- and I mean fighting -- in Uruguay and northern Argentina.

[@josebartoli9921]

yes, and he was summarily kicked out of Argentina

[@agoogleuser3262]

He fighted in Rio Grande do Sul, the southermost state of Brazil, also. Garibaldi helped Rio Grande do Sul in the war for independence. In this war Rio Grande do Sul became a country for 10 years.

[@oiurehj]

Exactly...he was known as "The Hero of the Two Worlds".

[@dicitencellovoyais7914]

Subversive bandit that tried to fragment the Brazilian empire, Iron Duke should have killed him.

[@Guizambaldi]

This guy was everywhere.

[@aero2486]

I'm Argentine. Most of my family is Italian, I would say half of the people here have Italian surnames, which are much more varied than the Spanish ones that are always the same. I would say Italians in Buenos Aires are the dominant ethnicity

[@rejvaik00]

Thats hot! Argentine people are hot! Why cause they have some italian in them! Viva Buenos Aires!

[@ChrisM-vz4pe]

rejvaik Then I should say Colombians, Puerto Ricans, Venezuelans are hot because they have Spanish in them. Which the Spanish genes have gave them a beautiful mix with Native and African.

[@rejvaik00]

Chris M they are hot. Peneolpe Cruz is damn fine.

[@rejvaik00]

Chris M all blends of latin women are hot. French, Italian, Spanish

[@PRODAt3]

But the important question is: ma l'italiano lo parlate?

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

New Jersey is basically an Italian colony.

[@autribasu]

Fuzzy Dunlop I live in nj and I don’t see many Italians

[@Fat_Vegan]

No, an Italian American colony and not today actually

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Guess you guys don't get to Hammonton very often. lol It's just a joke guys, but I have a hard time believing you don't see many Italian-Americans in NJ. The governor is Italian for heck's sake. xD (Also, by the videos own criteria it would count as an 'Italian colony' as per the ones he outlines in South America. They are Italian-Brazilians etc, but he counts them all the same.) Also, the most prevalent other language besides English or Spanish (both Spanish and English count as 'Native' in a National sense as far as I am concerned, though I'm sure a lot of Republicans would screech incomprehensibly at that) in NJ is Italian.

[@daveharrison84]

New Jersey is a huge melting pot, with Italians, Irish, Russians, Indians, Portuguese, Koreans, Arabs, Turks, Dominicans, Cubans

[@romanichalnomad6316]

And Brooklyn.

[@rodrigovonkluge4280]

Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay Received large immigration from Italians

[@marvinsilverman4394]

chile too and peru a lot

[@markconnor4312]

marvin lopetegui Nah

[@macluca69]

Best 3 South American countries in football (soccer).. :)

[@albertopena5644]

@Luis Rodriguez En proporción a la población, mucho más. Un 40% de los apellidos en Uruguay son italianos. En Venezuela, según los estudios, no llega al 20%.

[@EL_URUGUAYO_MV]

Luis Rodriguez Yeah, but uruguayans are just 3 millions.. in porcentage are so much than Venezuela

[@bindu9185]

I found this video by chance on KZbin. I am an Italian living in the US since 1993 and teaching English as a second language to the many immigrants still arriving into the USA. Next summer I plan a trip to Uruguay to visit an old friend who settled there a few years ago. This video is encouraging as I dream of folowing my friend's steps.

[@LaEskleraNEW]

Fabrizio Piovesan We’re waiting for you here! Notice my Italian surname 😉

[@mybrotherkeeper1484]

Just curious as to the reasons you want to leave the Disunited States of America?

[@Manuello92]

My opinion on why Italians decided to settle in Latin America is Italians are culturally similar to Spanish/Portuguese i.e. Iberian culture (due to Roman's conquest and influence on the Iberian land) which made it easy for them to assimilate unlike the Italians who emigrated to North America where they would face discrimination and fights because they were considered "less white" by their Anglo neighbors. Fascinating enough, well not really, due to Italians' easy time settling in Latin America, they managed to preserve much of their Italian culture. Argentina is a great place to experience "Italian culture" on a budget. Meanwhile, in North America, most of the Italian culture is non-existent as Italian-Americans are extremely Americanized and the only thing that is Italian is their last name. I noticed you mention mostly Northern Italians settled in Latin America which is interesting considering the fact that most of the Italians who moved to North America are mostly fro Southern Italy.

[@fenixrizing4371]

Alberto92 When all else fails blame North America!!! Get a life, not white enough, o please Europeans are brothers, and sisters , something everyone else is always trying to steal. And culture preserved their, as if. Wow arrogance, simply amazing. How Los Otros have to destroy everything to build themselves up while tearing others down. North Is mostly Mexican, and black. La Raza, Mecha, Lulac, reconqust. So don't give me that bs. Your mixed get over it.

[@Manuello92]

Six words: Seek professional help and lose weight.

[@lolo4976]

Fenix Rizing Dude, did you even red what the guy said?, in this case you are the one mixing everything...

[@sammiedog4]

Why do you people have such a hate towards those Mexicans, they are hard working people. Your ignorant the US has much others Latinos . Besides remember mist if the western US was Mexico not until not too far around 1850s. It was thier land. You people immigrants from Italy, Poland Germany and have the balls to disrespect the Mexicans. Nasty you people are. We here in the US say nothing to see in south americans. Argentinian speak proper Spanish without that itlians accent. Speak portguagee

[@sammiedog4]

Alberto92 beautiful Said, the jerkos can't accept the truth. Thanks

[@arqjuan86]

Messi, Macri, Zanetti, Lavezzi, Mascherano, Simeone, Ruggeri, Maradona, Cambiasso, Batistuta.......and so many others italian surnames on Argentinians, they are basically italians in southamerica. Btw my surname is an spanish variation of "Riva" an italian surname despise I'm black colombian, I don't know how that last name came to my family

[@rasapplepipe]

el chale you forgot Di Stéfano he played for millonarios in Colombia was the greatest of his time.

[@victor21g]

"Macri" great player..

[@arqjuan86]

I'm just giving surnames, most of them are from football player cause it's easier to do, they are more famous, the point is Macri is also an Italian surname

[@stormerz8605]

el chale i dont think batistuta and maradona are italian, but they may have had other italian roots

[@arqjuan86]

Storm erZ of course they don't but their surnames indicate they have italian ancestry

[@AndriyVasylenko]

I have a suggestion for a video: Ukrainian diaspora. There're several places on Earth that got specific names from a significant Ukrainian presence: Zeleny Klyn, or Green Ukraine (far East of Asia, once even became a state), Grey Klyn (Central Asia), Yellow Klyn (Volga area), Crimson Klyn (Kuban'). Also pretty big diasporas in Canada/US, Argentina/Uruguay where Ukrainians moved due to similar nature (steppe - prairie - pampas) to keep their agricultural traditions.

[@aruhe6650]

there are a lot of ukrainians descendants in brazil too

[@fabiolucas172]

Ukrainian diaspora: Russia Canada USA Brasil Kazakhstan others unimportant

[@AndriyVasylenko]

bean fabin You've done a very, very deep research))

[@Quantum122]

Sorry, despues de ustedes, Brasil, Argentina es el pais que mas inmigrantes de Ucrania recibio. conucrania.com/2017/10/18/120-anos-de-los-primeros-inmigrantes-ucranianos-en-argentina/

[@estudiantes68]

9% of the population of Argentine province of Misiones are Ukranians.

[@lopezlion3164]

Alot of Argentinian footballers have italian heritage. For example Messi, Musacchio, Lavezzi, Icardi etc.

[@domenicocoviello446]

It's not a case Italians have invented football.

[@JohnDoe-um2qk]

Domenico Coviello England invanted football.

[@sammiedog4]

Immigrants, Invaders Argentina wanted white European not mixed itlians

[@boofy2592]

di maria

[@Mr.ZooYYa]

Di maria mascherano

[@niccolo5695]

i'm italian and i've always lived in Italy but i hope my italian brothers around the world are fine and having a great life

[@MarC0S_da_BiO]

Olá 🇧🇷👋🏻

[@JoaquinWeissUgarteche]

I'm argentinian and I live in Italy, it's funny how everyone is like "Oh you are from argentina? I have relatives there" well I guess so... 64% of the Argentinian population has Italian roots.

[@sammiedog4]

Get your facts together. 64%? Bullshit.

[@cristianbrasca]

@@sammiedog4 its 50%

[@JoaquinWeissUgarteche]

@@sammiedog4 64% of the population, over 25 million italian-argentine living in the country.

[@JoaquinWeissUgarteche]

@Eros Delorenzi what? Italians started to arrive in Argentina back in 1880 and stopped in 1960. Actually Argentina has more pizza restaurants per capita than Italy. Its undeniable that Argentina is full of italians. Over 25 million argentinians have at least one italian relative, that's over 60-64% of the population.

[@JoaquinWeissUgarteche]

@@josecarlos-uy6kc look Jose Carlos, I dont know where are you from, probably from latin america; either way I'll speak in English. If you have no information about the 90,1% of the argentinian population that are from european ancestry, then you'd better shut up. Argentina is composed mainly italian, spanish, german, french and jews(Czech Republic, Hungary, central europe basically)

[@hewhocanfly]

I got to be part of a work project in Uruguay. My experience there was amazing. I must say that the only Spanish influence I saw was the Rio-Platence Spanish, and everything else was Italian! 90% of my Uruguayan colleagues had Italian last names, the food was very Italian in terms of pastas, sauces, drinks etc. Every so often a few Italian words were thrown in to our conversations in Spanish. A lot of them kept an Italian passport just in case. So, yeah South America has a huge Italian influence.

[@averegeyoutuber9133]

South Brazil does not look like Amazonia. Our climate its pretty close to Italy.

[@davimartinsbt8261]

As serras mineiras paulistas e sulinas são mais frias que partes da Itália

[@truth-uncensored2426]

@Ana Clara Sim, é uma colonia Finlandesa mas não existem mais Finlandeses ou descendentes morando lá, e a população não chega nem a 3000 pessoas. Na verdade a maioria dos escanadinavos no Brasil que são uma minoria muito pequena moram em São Paulo ou no Sul. O lugar mais frio do Brasil é o Morro da Igreja em Urubici, e a cidade mais fria é Urupema em Santa Catarina. Na Serra do Rio no Parque Itatiaia também é bastante frio e quase todo ano tem temperatura próximo de zero ou negativa, mas a média no Morro da Igreja é mais baixa.

[@MarC0S_da_BiO]

It is worth remembering that Brazil has the largest number of Italian descendants in the world

[@user_p90_]

enrealidad no, Brasil es un país que se encuentra enteramente en una región de climas tropicales y sub tropicales, ninguna parte de Europa se encuentra bajo los trópicos

[@kaiokalwiroliveira6771]

​@@user_p90_ de hecho está correcto, el clima en sur de Brasil es el mismo que de encuentra en Francia, Italia y en el sur de Reino Unido

[@Arthurds100]

Italy is a small country, but the culture is everywhere, I am also a Italian descendent and my family still speaks Italian

[@olivierotacchella785]

Vivo cerca de Génova (Zena en dialecto) y todos los zeneizes (Genoveses) tienen al menos parte de sus familiares en Argentina, incluido yo mismo. Los dos equipos más grandes de fútbol argentino, River y Boca, fueron fundados por inmigrantes zeneizes (genoveses). Hablando de fútbol, ​​debo decir que River y Boca son un mito total para los europeos para la magnífica afición y dos de los estadios con más glamour del mundo, especialmente la Bombonera, un verdadero mito. Un abrazo

[@BlackZWolf]

I am from Santos (a port-town near São Paulo) and apparently my heritage is so visible in my face that, when I was in Europe, everyone thought I was from Italy. Now, why my ancestors came to Brazil? Well, they were very poor peasants in Italy and Brazil was seen as a "land of opportunities". The same can be said about my Portuguese and Spanish ancestors - all of them arrived in Brazil with that same immigrantion wave. I also have an African and probably Amerindian ancestry as well by the way, and I'm proud of that.

[@frank7411]

I'm also super proud of all of my heritage, I have Italian blood, German blood (where my surname comes from), Portuguese, African and Amerindian. And I love it! I always think it's so cool that I'm made of so many different peoples.

[@mi-moon_]

There is no such thing as an italian face. Northern italians and Southern italians are different. Some Sicilian look North African while some Northern italians look germanic with blond hair

[@BlackZWolf]

Meli ssa, I'm aware of that - indeed, my Italian greatmother was blond and green eyed. But even so, lots of people in Germany and in France took me for an Italian. Heck, I even met some random Italians in Germany who thought I was Italian too.

[@mi-moon_]

BlackZWolf because they are stupid (I’m French lol). Most French people (I don’t know about Germans) love stereotypes. I have a blond friend of Spanish descent, most people didn’t believe her when she said she was part Spaniard because for them, to be Spanish you gave to look like Penelope Cruz. People always think I am Brazilian, I tell them that Brazilians can be of any color.

[@leonardoflorentin]

So are you black? or have brown skin? i'm asking this to understand how italians look like, are they tan? are they white?

[@riccardousai9973]

As italian (totaly european) I just wanna thanks all these south americans countries who helped our familiars and friends to survive, giving them a new home and respecting the italian culture (unlike France in italians formers lands). You must know that everyone in Italy love you for that! 🇮🇹♥️🇦🇷🇧🇷🇺🇾 You are always welcome in our country

[@OLINDRAW]

Hi! im french with italans descendants but what do you mean by "unlike France in italians formers lands" ? :0

[@riccardousai9973]

@@OLINDRAW hi! I mean remuving italian language and culture from Corsica and The city of Nice (and Savoy but italian language was not the official language before), where the only official language is french without respect for the italians who live there

[@OLINDRAW]

​@@riccardousai9973 i see. but we can say the same for brasil where italians/germans weren't allowed to speak and write in their language and had had to have a portuguese surname which wasn't the case for us :(

[@Ajax020Paris]

I wonder what we French ever really did to you, let it go.

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

@@riccardousai9973 Poor Garibaldi, crying in his grave when he found out that his birthplace of Nice was not going to be incorporated into Italy, but instead, to the frenemy France. Che peccato.

[@nicollyfarao2401]

My country Brazil it's the biggest Italian land out of Italy in the world! A lot Brazilian have blood Italian! 😄 greetings from Brazil

[@sammiedog4]

Respect the natives

[@pedrojioia]

I thought you were a Swede?

[@sammiedog4]

Spanish language is the most romantic of all.

[@JohnDoe-um2qk]

sammiedog4 spanish comes from the italian/latin language dumbass

[@onestruggle4878]

Yeah, but Italian-Brazilians are irrelevant. You became culturally Portuguese, and your identity is African and Portuguese. Uruguay and Argentina are the only areas where Italian influenced the culture, the traditions, etc.

[@lovensnhalina]

I'm from Mexico and my last name is italian, my grandfather was from Córdoba, Argentina. I wish to go there someday.

[@estebanjosearancibiardrigu4068]

You are going to drink exaggerated ammounts of coca con fernet

[@joacoguerrero98]

Prepare yourself for the borrachos culiados that live in that place

[@angeles5664]

Jajaja uhh tenés que venir a Argentina, tenes nuestra sangre, no te vas a arrepentir

[@Santiago-eo7ez]

As an Argentine-Italian myself I'd say Italian culture is much more rooted in Argentina than the Spanish one. Nice video!

[@tiagonicolaisen9931]

@@georgesteven9644 Yeah, when you look which country where the one that influenced the most on Argentine culture you'll find it's Italy. What do people in Argentina eat more often, pizza or paella, pasta or fuet, ravioli or serrano ham? Whats the most common type of restaurant in Buenos Aires? Italian ones... It really has an enormous impact on culture. Further more, you'll even see such a little influence of Spaniard influence in Buenos Aires by itself. How many buildings are with a Mediterranean style than a French one? Compare it to Colombia, Perú, or almost any other Spanish speaking country excepting Chile and Uruguay and you'll see a big difference.

[@tiagonicolaisen9931]

@@georgesteven9644 Of course that Argentina would speak Spanish, no matter how many people could migrate from Italy, they were a Spanish colony, and when the Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata (original name of Argentina) were founded, Spanish was stablished as the official language. My point is that, specially in Argentina and Uruguay, Italians had an incredible impact creating the culture that those countries have. That's the main difference you both have, and what foreign people recognize you by first. As you say, you don't speak Italian as an official language, despite the amount of descendants you have, as well as the United States doesn't speak Spanish no matter how many Hispanic were living there (let's ignore the fact that the US hasn't an official language xD)

[@tiagonicolaisen9931]

@@georgesteven9644 The antique Roman Empire, for example, shows you something similar. Their culture was mostly, almost completely based on Greece, but they didn't speak Greek :P

[@renatomacchi2195]

@@georgesteven9644 That mentality is what keeps you down.

[@renatomacchi2195]

@@tiagonicolaisen9931 Not correct. The culture of the Romans was Latin (Cultura Latina) and the Latins lived next door to them and later were assimilated by the Romans. You need an history lesson: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKqkm3pqnbWWoaM

[@sebastianoronchetti2562]

Even if my family still live in Italy, my great-greatgrandfather left Italy in 1859 when he was only 13 and arrived in Buenos Aires as a factory worker. In 20 years he built Argentina's biggest Steel mill about (100,000 sqm) and provided a job to more than 5.000 people. In 1906 his steel mill controlled 3/5 of the entire Argentinian steel production. His name was Pietro Vassena, called Pedro Vasena in Argentina.

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

Are you a millionaire in Argentina? If so, can you lend me some?

[@quinzvidz]

This is cool. Could you do a video about the welsh community in Argentina?

[@quinzvidz]

Oh shit, I haven't seen that one thanks!

[@romanichalnomad6316]

There are more Native Romani, Native Arabic, Native Indeginious and Native Italian speakers in Argentina then there are Welsh.

[@romanichalnomad6316]

More people speak Romani, Arabic, Italian, German, Catalan, Native Languages, Chinese and Japanese then do Welsh.

[@quinzvidz]

Yeah that's obvious, but everyone knows that there are way more speakers of all of those languages than welsh. Who would expect wales, who wasn't even independent since the 1300s, to have a diaspora in southern argentina? Idk I just think that's it's cool

[@sammiedog4]

Go find a 🐜 Hill.

[@antoniocarbone2398]

Proud to be italian, we have a great history, our ancestors built the western world how we know it, the roman empire's legacy still lives today. Roma aeterna.

[@mohamedjihadbayali6704]

I think Messi have Italian roots aswell

[@12345678981010]

problem is that italians have mor incomen with the lombards, that will say the germans. the greeks have more roots to old rome then you do............

[@Cleopatra-ys4sr]

The roman empire had a great influence on europe it's true.

[@antoniocarbone2398]

Albin Johansson you realize lombards were a moving people composed by thousends who settled in (northern) italy where milions of people already lived right? It's like saying modern indians are mainly british, it's simply stupid.

[@kingofhornafrican.1415]

Antonio Carbone make roman empire great again.

[@christmasdenier]

Your channel has become a favorite of mine and quick

[@pokerange6911]

Proud ItaloBrasilerio by way of my mother 🤗 🇮🇹-🇧🇷+🇨🇺=🇺🇸

[@carlosenriqueulloa]

No mention of the Italian-Argentinian Pope?!? Masaman, you missed a talking point!

[@mattias5521]

because there's no such thing

[@theOneRizzolliMick]

Matte Pope Francis (Bergoglio).

[@carlosenriqueulloa]

How about the current Pope, who's parents are Italian but grew up in Argentina? Which is what 80% of this video is about.

[@andreaguirre9592]

Matte have you been living under a rock?

[@Nerrian]

Italian Brazilian here! Yes, we're strong in numbers and in culture, most certainly!

[@ReconPro]

I guess Rome never fell. 🇮🇹

[@kingofhornafrican.1415]

christian FUCKtrump spain have beautiful culture.

[@KozmicKarmaKoala]

+ReconPro .....THE EMPIRE NEVER ENDED. ~Philip K. Dick

[@hansgruber788]

Except to Merkel and the eu of course

[@houyi3982]

ROME FELL IN 1917

[@AlanAndalon]

There are also Italians from Mexico and communities in Mexico still speak Italian

[@G_Confalonieri]

Your video represents my family and history. Came to Argentina in 1900. The second language spoken in Argentina is indeed Italian!

[@castelan2236]

Hey Masaman, great video! I'm Brazilian with Italian Portuguese and French ancestors, but I grew up in city where for the most parts Italians migrated to, it's called Criciuma, in the souther part of the Santa Catarina state. In my state particularly there was a huge amount of Italian and German immigration but also small quantities of Polish and Arabs, and in the recent year an influx of immigrants from Cameroon, Angola and other African countries who make partnerships with the government to exchange college students or people running away from poverty, subhuman conditions, etc. Take a look at Nova Veneza, a small town near my hometown where they even have a gondola sent from Italy at the town square. There's also "Gemellaggios" with cities here in Brazil. Political agreements to exchange culture, economical knowledge, strategies and incentives. It's the name given for an agreement between "brother/sister towns" from different countries.

[@parkkooklietjeonjimeo6214]

I'm from Bolivia and my grandfather was Italian he was from Lombardia he came here because he was an engineer to install the light plant he fell in love with my grandmother a very humble woman from the country a granddaughter of españolbolivian grandfathers she had green eyes and he had turquoise eyes like my dad my grandfather died here after having just one child

[@gracekasal1864]

I am a first generation Italian woman and came upon this video by accident. Both my parents of course spoke Italian at home. I studied Spanish in High School and college, and of course found Castilian Spanish very easy to learn because of my knowledge of Italian. I found your video very informative. My maternal grand father and my father decided to come to the United States because of the poverty in Italy and lack of work. Thus I was born in Manhattan. I am going to look up films made in Argentina so I can hear them speak. Thank you again for making this video.

[@Xgamerplays]

do a video about the Portuguese diaspora !!

[@obeservador98]

Templário yes!!

[@Xgamerplays]

Znik No its not only brazil... Portugal has one of the most deverse diasporas in the world!!!

[@Xgamerplays]

Znik dont talk about things that you dont know kid... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_people

[@Xgamerplays]

Znik south america?? you are really dumb canada, usa, france?

[@rebelrouser444]

+ various regions of India, Taiwan and Macaronesia.... and more

[@torelly]

thanks for talking about the subject. even in italy people don't know about italian-brazilians and sometimes i feel that all this una faccia una razza thing doesn't apply to us in the new world.

[@waltero.8957]

We still can apply for italian citizenship if you have an italian paternal line. At least here in Argentina, I bet in Brazil is the same.

[@torelly]

i know, i have citizenship, but lots of italians ignore our common history.

[@raultalmon1467]

Its the same, you only need one ancester to apply for citenzhship.

[@delgi9551]

@Al Smith You really shouldn't speak and less you know what you're talking about thoroughly because this definitely isn't the case considering the fact that Brazil is 47% white and even their mixed population which is about 43% has heavy European phenotypes. They may be unrecognizable to a Northern or Central European but let's get real people from the mediterranean have a unique look especially southerners. There are some Italians from Italy that look very Arabic on sight and in many contexts can even pass as Mestizo. I am an Italian American and I get confused as Mexican all the time

[@princekalender2154]

Being Argentine is to go to other countries and being repeatedly mistaken for an Italian

[@princekalender2154]

America for example. They expect to found a Mexican lookalike and they find a white dude moving its hands while talking

[@rodolfociravolo4504]

Felipe Figueiredo England, for instance. That is where I live and I get mistaken by an Italian

[@DiegoGarcia-fr3oj]

Prince Kalender Ha ha. Yes we move our hands like italians do. And we have italian acent. Im half italian, half spanish, but borned in Argentina.

Amen!

[@calebe9060]

@@DiegoGarcia-fr3oj woww!! really? Man, I used thought that people from São Paulo here in Brazil were the onlies who did it LOL

[@vince371vc]

I'm Italian and from all Hispanics I like Mexicans a lot. We almost share the same 🇮🇹🇲🇽 I don't know how to say in English. Viva Messico saluti d'italia ❤️

[@nazarenosoto3557]

Stereotiping latinos :(

[@SgtThiel]

8:50 huehuehue éspyritu santoh. Awesome pronunciation. Seriously, love your videos :)

[@theOneRizzolliMick]

*The Most Greatest Magnificent Holy Kingdom Empire Of Espírito Santo.

[@rodsamp7611]

Milllions of Italians came to Brazil, and their cultural influence is very clear in the country's major cities. Emílio de Medici was a Brazilian-Italian former President in the '70s

[@shoebillsankuru]

So is the current one (whether people like him or not mind you) Jair Bolsonaro

[@giovannihoffmann2325]

@@shoebillsankuru Ranieri Mazzili and Bolsonaro is from São Paulo-Brasil

[@andre_cinelli]

@@giovannihoffmann2325 Bolsonaro só nasceu lá, ele passou praticamente toda a vida no Rio, mas você está certo

[@dioguu]

Is not in all Brazil. Is just in south, são paulo state, es and mid-east (paulistas and gauchos immigrants). Is concentrated. Brazil = 10% italians. Espirito Santo = 50% italians São Paulo = 35% italians Paraná = 38% italians Santa Catarina = 50% italians Rio Grande do Sul = 27% italians Minas Gerais = 7,5% italians Centro-oeste = 4% italians Rio de Janeiro = 4% italians Norte = 6,8% italians Nordeste = 0,30% italians.

[@dogchamp7924]

even bolsonaro

[@bepivisintainer2975]

Is very interesting to notice that wile the U.S has a vast majority of southern Italian immigration. The vast majority of Italians in Brasil are originally from the North. Lombardian and Piedmontese are spoken nowadays in Brasil and Argentina. Venetian called Talian or Veneto Basilian(brasileiro) is official in the state of Santa Caterina in Brasil. I meet a huge number of Italo Brasilian and Italo Argentine and almost everybody had roots in Lombardy Veneto Piedmont or Emila. One can even notice how different southerners are different from northerners Italian by looking at the kind of culture input they gave to Brasil and Argentina.

[@bepivisintainer2975]

I did further research. You are right about Argentina What I wrote few mounts ago can really only be applied to Brasil :-)

[@skuder491]

Seems right.. I'm a brazilian from Rio de Janeiro, and some of my ancestors came from Lombardy. "Ferrari" was the dominant surname in our family, until, by 'marrying logics', it was replaced by portuguese surnames.

[@rjltrevisan]

As a Brazilian from São Paulo of Italian descent, I identify a lot with this video. My family actually originally came from Treviso, just outside of Venice! My family is also very related to the Zanetti. My great-grandparents were Italian.

[@bobbierobbie3317]

Good video as usual. I believe Italians were able to be aculturated in South American countries because there was not a language barrier like their was with Italian or otther immigrants in the USA like Poles, Germans, Greeks ot even Western Jews from France. The Italian language was so similar to the dominant society of Spanish or Portuguese (Brazil) speakers they could almost be understood in their native language by foreign speakers of the Americas. It is far easy to fit into a society if speak a language which is familiar especially when you consider portions of the Italian homeland was occupied by the Spaniard and French Empires. Moreover the religion help as well since there was not much in terms of how each culture see the world with both being heavy Catholic influenced. Thanks again for the amazing video and all the work you.

[@usedx115x]

Also south America got the Venicians who have very low crime, while North America got the Sicilians known for having the mafia.

[@BurnRoddy]

It wasn't just the language or religious barrier, It was also an economic phenomenom. The Southern Cone of South America is the most liberal region of Latin America but it is also heavily influenced by a civic prometropoli mindset because the chiefs of the wealthy families would own shares of cattle in the countryside but send their sons to study in the capital cities near the ocean to administer their sales. This meant so that the nations would be directly influenced by the economic trades shipped from the ports to the world and the countryside would provide the capital cities with the rough materials to sell and get thir share only after the exchange was made and the capital cities had handled the trade income. Eventually this process expanded so much during the XIX century that the capital cities began to actively seek for industrial investors from economically empoverish Europe to process said rough materials and improve their sales. This created a huge demand for qualified workers and it made it so much easier for foreign workers to incorporate and find jobs becuase of it.

[@bobbierobbie3317]

Lautaro Fonz This partially true of the Northern and Southern of Italy. However many more northern were industrial based since many more came from urban centers of Italy. Southerners really saw now looser indirect governance and more of the conflict during the war for independence/unification.

[@alexmarcakis4844]

On the contrary, Italians didn't get acultured, but Argentine culture got thouroughly Italianized : our Rioplatense Spanish is closer to Napolitan in sound, our food (besides steak of course) stems from Italy (ravioles, ñoquis, pascualina, etc.) and take into account that Italian immigrants were more numerous than the Argentinian population

[@leotato56]

I agree: Italian emigrants in general had a lot of success all over the world, but the similarity with languages as Portuguese and Spanish is the main reason of the Italian unbelievable success in Southern America.

[@Lily8980]

A ton of great info in this video, thank you! I'm an Italian American who was recently contacted by a 4th cousin who connected with me on one of the DNA testing sites. His Italian grandparents left Italy after WWII and went to Argentina. Then the family moved to Mexico, then Texas. Now I'm wondering how many other cousins I have in Argentina and throughout South America. Interesting to think about the ways it was much easier it was for the South American Italian immigrants to integrate than it was for people like my great-grandparents in the US.

[@SebastianTorres22]

Hi, I'm from Cordoba (Argentina), my grandfathers were both spanish, my grandmothers were both italians.

[@Arthur-ki2by]

Dude it is incredible how you got this much accurate information from outside. Thanks and grats for the great work! - by Brazilian guy with Italian surname

[@mariodonizetti99]

I live in Rio Grande do Sul, the extreme south of Brasil. I'm descendent of italians, my whole family speaks most things in italian and some other things in portuguese. And not just me, but my neighboors are like that too. lItalian immigration in South America is not "forgotten"

[@nicogabriel5667]

I'm 50% Spaniard, 25% French Basque, 25% Dutch = 100% Argentine!

[@albertfoulon8049]

🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@rz9021]

a nadie le importa nicolas callate

[@nelchum4259]

@@rz9021 xd

[@abctato5355]

@@rz9021 Callate ortiva.

[@vicentereacts1304]

In Brazil we didn't have Italian neighborhoods, because we have Italian cities. In Rio Grande do Sul, cities such as Garibaldi, Caxias do Sul (the 2nd biggest of the state), Carlos Barbosa and Bento Gonçalves were basically built by Italian colonists from the scratch. Though they are richer (when it comes to GDP), the aren't half as turistic and recognizable as the German cities (like Ivoti, Morro Reuter, Nova Petrópolis, Neu Hamburg and especially the twin cities Gramado and Canela, huge turistic centers in winter due to the fact that it's one of the only places in Brazil where snow can be seen).

[@agoogleuser3262]

Gramado and Canela are not the only cities in Brazil that we can see snow, most of the cityes of sierra gaucha and sierra catarinense have snow too but it is very rare.

[@familyandfriends3519]

Go back to Germany

[@michaelconstantine8668]

Good video again. Just love these videos . Great insights and always something to learn, brought without any bias or politics. Some of the best content on youtube and internet.

[@Gilder547]

Excellent as usual. But you missed the impact and connection with Italian unification. Most famously represented by Giuseppe Garibaldi; an Italian who migrated to South America. Became involved in political conflicts in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Where he learn't and adopted gaucho culture. Then went back to Italy and became a leader in the unification of Italy. Thus Italians were part of the early political conflicts in South America and this then became a part of the process of Italian unification.

[@waltero.8957]

That's true. There's a lot of Plazas named Garibaldi in Argentina. At first I thought it was because of all the italians here, I just learnt that he had actually been living here for a long time. And he was married to a brazilian woman. And for some reason I never connected the dots with his famous poncho.

[@emersonmarcelo1702]

Daniel Emilio Lobo

[@evandros.a5049]

in Brazil there is a town called Garibaldi. it is famous because the wines, italian culture and wineyards.

[@agoogleuser3262]

Giuseppe Garibaldi also helped in the independece of Rio Grande do Sul, the southermost state of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul were a country for 10 years.

[@dicitencellovoyais7914]

Giuseppe Garibaldi hero where? The North never wanted to unify with South and South America, he tried to fragment the Empire, that is, he was a bandit, A subversive pirate equivalent to the Bolsheviks in Russia, the red shirts of Uruguay influenced the black shirts in Italy, the only error of the Duke of Caxias in his career was to leave Garibaldi alive.

[@SuperTam24]

4 great grandfathers: Two from Spain, One from Wales, another one from Italy. 4 great grandmothers: 2 from wales, one from Germany and another one from Italy= Argentina.

[@subscribefornoreason551]

Tam Benitez and ingenious like 64% of argentines lel

[@rz9021]

en argentina tambien tenemos nativos y afros, respeta.

[@nerdskalter]

@@rz9021 son minoría

[@emmawilcock1304]

I love reading about the Welsh people of Chubut Province its so fascinating.

[@pritsie]

This was very interesting. Thanks.

[@Kevin-dp5hv]

Manu Ginobili is a famous NBA player from Argentina of Italian descent.

[@DAVID-ut7fg]

nocioni too

[@_rafael_fr]

It's very interesting. I'm brazilian and I have Italian and Portuguese blood.

[@Stefanovic90961]

Your surname, Fronja, it's probably the variant of Frongia, a Sardinian surname. This variation is documented in the XI°/ XIII° centuries. I found it here, the page is in Italian: www.tuttiicognomi.com/cognomi-F.htm

[@magtfulde898]

Why do you say 'the forgotten italian backbone'? We know very well in Argentina and we have great relation with Italy, also we got a lot of Germans descendants, Russians, and in less part French, Croatians, Turcs, Arabs, Jews, Chinese, even Danish, Scottish, Irish and English etc People are very often proud of their family origins, Italian has been the biggest influence for sure, also depending on the province like you showed, there are some cities, that were founded by immigrants, so all of the sudden you arrive somewhere and the most part of the people is blonde, so yeah, people are very aware of where their grandparents come from. One last thing, why did you put a picture of some drunk men in the end?? haha you could have found better examples. Thanks a lot for the video man, it had some nice facts, maybe in the future you can do one about the full spectrum of immigration in Argentina.

[@jbcali1274]

I'm Puerto Rican and I have 25% Italian DNA, Italians settled in Caribbean Latin countries as well

[@douglahdrum1]

basically Francois!

[@sosachannel2125]

Corsica is Italian for culture and history, but it belongs to France. Native Corsicans are a mix of Ligurian, Tuscan, Sardinian and broadly Italic population, their local language is the closest one to Standard Italian (after Tuscan of course).

[@outwiththem]

@@sosachannel2125 -- Spanish is closer to French than Italian. And we dont like Italian language.. Too whinnii and complainiiii

[@gs7828]

@@outwiththem "Complainy"? What? 😅

[@macluca69]

@@outwiththem i know a lot of spaniards and french who like italian language like italians like spanish and french... so what?

[@morozco1649]

Great video. I knew about the Italian influence in the region, but did not know how extensive it was. Well done !

[@LaBucci]

Argentines are indeed very Italian! They speak Spanish but with a Italian accent and do a lot of hand movements when they speak just like Italians! And not to mention 60% of their population has Italian ancestry just look at their last names 🇦🇷🇮🇹❤️

[@subscribefornoreason551]

Danny Fenty and 60% indigenous ancestry

[@david_contente]

_"Argentines are indeed very __-Italian-__ _*_mestizos_*_ "_ KKK

[@sammiedog4]

I bet they work with gipsey hoodlum

[@sammiedog4]

They are very mixed with other brown people. Drop this so call powerful itialians lazy humans left their home country . You are all mixed people.

[@ArianMisino]

@@sammiedog4 Immigrants are not invaders!!! Learn the f***ing difference! Italians did not invade South America!! They were escaping the war like every other human being that live a similar situation!!!!

[@GonzaloLafflitto]

My grandfathers from both sides fight in WW2 for Italy, they came with my grandmothers from Italy after the war. They made his life here but they never forget his home. So, for that reason, they taught me and my fathers, the lenguage, the culture and everthing asociated with Italy since i was a child. For that reason, i feel more Italian than Argentine.

[@lorenzomilani9611]

orgoglio ❤️

[@ek3910]

as an Argentine from Buenos Aires...this was spot on and excellent !

[@hugo2374]

We all are mixed from way back.I was born in Uruguay,my last name Moreno,a very Spanish name,not too common in Uruguay.But,there is a group of Morenos from the town of San Carlos that originated from seven brothers that came from Mallare in Liguria,Italy. Originally from Spain,from the time Spain had colonies in Italy.So the Morenos after many generations there moved to Uruguay around 1850,just before Italian unification,married there mostly Portuguese Azorians.I am mostly Azorian,Galician,Spanish,and my paternal great granfather Moreno from Italy. All of that has been going on for thousands of years. Ci veddiamo tutti.Hugo

[@williamcorrea9120]

Cool video, I myself am Brazilian descendant of Italians and Portuguese.

[@DiegoGarcia-fr3oj]

The argentinian slang "lunfardo" uses a lot of italian words. For example: birra, gamba, guarda, etc.

[@thestone2009]

Brazil has the largest population of Japanese and Italians outside their own country.

[@MizunoYamato]

I'm Paraguayan and I'm a quarter Italian. I feel really proud of my Italian heritage. Greats from the Guarani land! Keep it up!

[@Mr000ELS]

In São Paulo, everyone you find has either a portuguese or an Italian surname

[@daniy1426]

Portuguese surname that is normal since more than 80% of the Brazilian population have Portuguese ancestors. But than come Japonese and Korean in São Paulo as the biggest immigrant community.

[@Mr000ELS]

Prob true nowadays

[@vamosfortin8083]

Argentinians = Italians who speak spanish

[@outwiththem]

So true. No wonder the fascist dictatorships they had forever there. They loved Mussolini and Hitler too and were the main providers of meat products to the Reich and Musso. They lost WW2 and The Falklans war to USA and Britts. Men were crying on the streets on both lost wars. That is history. I can bet $$$ on those facts.

[@67claudius]

outwiththem Argentina was neutral during the Second World War. What does the US have to do with the Falklans war?

[@sammiedog4]

Drop the crappy dialics. Thanks

[@Murilo183]

Argentinians = they are a bunch of italians who speak spanish, acting like frenchmen and thinking they are englishmen

[@leonardoflorentin]

Murilo Assis Says who? especially the last part,we've been fighting the english since 1806, of all latin america we are the one who had held most of the wars against england for such a statement.

[@TSemasFl]

Here in Miami, we have a Argentine/Italian restaurant on Miami Beach, Prima Pasta, pretty good food too.

[@gunnasintern]

same here in Los Angeles too, Lala’s Argentine Grill in Melrose Ave

[@fredb2022]

Yes, happy to contribute and thank you to our host for this delightful presentation. I’m older and have been going to South America for decades. In Buenos Aires, it wouldn’t surprise us if they started speaking Italian. Now, that is changing with migration of their neighbors.

[@dendrigo]

As Brazilian man born in São Paulo and who's 3/4 Italian (and 1/4 mixed), I can totally appreciate everything said in the video. The Italian influence is so huge in Brazil that even those who have no Italian blood can barely tell if something is an Italian tradition or a Brazilian one. Take language for example. Portuguese, like English, mostly constructs the plural form of its words by adding the letter "s" to it whereas Italian doesn't. Now, you can go about the entire state of São Paulo and you will not be surprised to hear people saying stuff like "os cara" or "as coisa", where the "S" should be there to indicate plural, but isn't. And they don't even realize they're doing it. Really fascinating.

[@danielefabbro822]

By the way, yes we Italians have the habit, good or bad as you prefer, to trying adapt and integrate ourselves in the local community and learn habits, languages etc. It's really extremely rare to find out Italians that won't try to adapt and instead wants to stick to their own culture. One of our biggest philosophers once said that the Italian immigrants in Germany wouldn't be called "Italians" after a couple of generations, but "Germans". We are too comprehensive with the locals. Accepting to change ourselves for the sake of good cohexistance... You will not find people like us anywhere in the world.

[@DS_Foodtime]

just look at the argentinien soccer team....

[@efcanalytics1330]

This is factually very accurate. Well documented and great job overall!!

[@maximonamitzhian9064]

Its always fun to see foreigners coming to Argentina knowing basic Spanish and struggle trying to understand Lunfardo hahaha

[@maximonamitzhian9064]

sammiedog4 hahaha what the fuck m8?

[@lasonrisadeacero]

In Valparaíso, Chile we have a decent amout of Italian descendents, specially from Liguria. My family came Rapallo. 🇨🇱🇮🇹

[@Phobos11]

Excellent video! Italians integrated very well in Latin America, not only because of social similarities, but because we are so culturally similar. Italians and Latin Americans are noisy, passionate, expressive and also kind of crazy.

[@pedrohenriquemenegollitama909]

Italians in brazil rarely marrige with black people, 1 reson is that in São Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, doesent has that much black people like other parts of the country, we create the called Sociedade Italiana de Mutuo Socorro, to help each other, because the portuguese used us like slaves

[@pedrohenriquemenegollitama909]

we are more united than the portuguese living in here

[@ryanwillmore927]

Pedro Henrique Tamaso Still, brazil is still a culture rooted in Portugal and Africa.

[@mapasinterativos2796]

It's a lie. I recognize a lot of dark skin italian descendants.

[@pedrohenriquemenegollitama909]

Verdade mas no interior é diferente, mas sim existe nordestinos com sobrenome italiano , aqui só conheço um, e um só mulato

[@pedrohenriquemenegollitama909]

I know only one in here, and I must know my people because my grandgrandfather created the Italian Society, and this guy is old his father was in the Italian cavalry.

[@agbottan]

I'm brazilian of mixed ancestry, but with 50% to 75% of italian in the mix. Thank you for the video. Seems accurate to me.

[@MartinZanichelli]

Proud to be Italian-Argentine: TWO NATIONS, ONE HEART

[@DarthBleh]

I'm confused by Anglos (specially Americans) being confused by the massive Italian influence in Latin America, like they're the only ones that ever received European migration (and also how they put all things "Spanish" in a bag). In my dad's region, Santander and Norte de Santander, you don't say "abuela or abuelo" for grandparents, you say "nona o nono", for example, among other words that have influenced the regional dialect.

[@AsiaMinor12]

Your first mistake was thinking that Anglos care about south America in general. Most Anglos in the United States only knew of Argentina as that country that is so poor that it couldn't even distribute shoes to some of it's children. Look into the Toms brand of shoes, it was a really popular company here in the US. US Anglos don't care about south Americans. The only time Anglos go to south America is to go see the nature, temples and beaches, not the people.

[@christopherhook2141]

Really? I'm an Anglo-American, and I knew Italians have a lot of influence there. That's why I like going to Argentina; I love seeing the culture there.

[@reaux3921]

@@AsiaMinor12they also go to see the culture, the non ignorant ones who aren’t like you.

[@reaux3921]

@@AsiaMinor12what makes u think the OP is Argentinian?

[@christophermcclure4622]

Thank you. I enjoyed this insight into South America.

[@gabrielagigliotti5796]

I'm argentinian of Italian descent. Thanks for this amazing video. My boyfriend is of german and ukrainian descent, his parents are from Misiones, northern Argentina. His surname is Leichtweiss.

[@leonardoflorentin]

no estaba por ahi la colonia donde dicen que mengele metio la mano y todos nacen mellizos?

[@AlexandreJunior2014]

I’m from São Paulo and my father’s parents are from the North of Italy...my grandma used to speak Italian with us...

[@giovannihoffmann2325]

@Al Smith 🇮🇹💪

[@kingofhornafrican.1415]

Brazil is beautiful country.

[@bulletbill1104]

king of horn african. It was, but it has fallen

[@shockingblue8069]

Victor DaSilva It is beautiful AND it sucks

[@danielgennari1353]

Thank you

[@heronb.4965]

Brazil doesn't sucks, it's politics sucks

[@joaquinamatinez8939]

king of horn african. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@justme8837]

My father, who settled in Brazil was in Argentina visiting his uncle when the ship he was traveling on stopped in Brazil and he met his wife. He came back to Brazil from Italy and stayed.

[@IR19881]

I am argentine and I have italian, spanish and austrian grandparents... somehow the italians took most of their culture in our family. When you travel to Europe even being spanish speakers we tend to feel more close to italians than spanish.

[@javierslytherin9898]

Tanto odiais a los españoles?

[@DiegoGarcia-fr3oj]

Javier Navarro Fornés Nadie odia a los españoles. Toda la familia de mi madre es italiana, toda la familia de mi padre, gallega. Pero es cierto que culturalmente tenemos más influencia italiana que española en general, más allá de como sea cada familia. El acento, la comida, la arquitectura domestica de Buenos Aires, del siglo 19 y principios del 20 son italianas.

[@Uruguay182]

Javier Navarro Fornés No se les odia, simplemente hay más identificados cultural para con Italia! Saludos

[@javierslytherin9898]

@@DiegoGarcia-fr3oj Argentina fue una colonia española durante siglos, que diantres estas hablando? Si casi toda la arquitectura de Buenos Aires es española, hasta la misma ciudad fue fundada por España. Y la influencia cultural mayor fue la española, de hecho habláis español por algo, incluso tu nombre y apellido es típicamente español. Me reitero en que esto huele más a un rechazo hacia la cultura española que otra cosa.

[@javierslytherin9898]

@@Uruguay182 Aún en pleno siglo XXI muchísimos Uruguayos y Argentinos os quejais de la Conquista española de las Americas e intentáis por cualquier medio desvincularos de España y su cultura. Así que no me extraña lo que dices.

[@leonardodegodoyvilaverde9268]

I am 29% Italian, 21% Portuguese, 19% British, 2% Irish, 2% German, 2% European Jew, 2% Polish, 3% Berber North African, 1% Middle Eastern, 5% Native American, 14% South Saharian Black African, or 81% caucasian, 5% indian and 14% black. I consider myself as non caucasiano, non indian, nor black, but as multiracial. After the DNA test, I was very surprised by the high amount of Italian blood in my veins, but I alread knew that I had some. Even more surprising to me was to find British, German, Polish and Irish into my ancestors. I also expected to have at least the double of Portuguese heritage. I already knew that I had Indian and Black Africans ancestors. North Africans falls in the mediterranean branch of the caucasians peoples. I expected that too, because of the medieval arab/berber invasions in the Iberian Península. The same for the middle eastern arabs. But for me, 29% Italian was a big surprise. I am Brasília, I speak Portuguese and my culture is also mostly Portuguese and Western. Born in Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL.

[@igorantonelli8558]

I've travelled through many cities here in southeast and southern Brazil and I noticed in those regions the great ethnicity is italian. At least eveyone has italiam blood in their family tree, much more than portuguese (at least in the country side part).

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

my great grand parent was from piamonte, italia. greetings from argentina. great video.

[@dominicanbrian]

Some Italians also migrated to the Caribbean. I am Dominican but I have Italian heritage (34% perfect to be exact) with my last name Marte being a hispanified version of the Italian last name Marti