Madonna and her italian family in Pacentro

Madonna and Ciccone family in 1987

[@firebrand8245]

Im related to madonna, my dads cousin has the same last name as her, and we're from pacentro too, and we checked, we are infact related its really cool

[@Aquais97]

that's pretty cool.

[@fresixl]

Shut up

[@radargarments5262]

are you from Aliquippa by any chance?

[@sunflowerlove0101]

Be proud of yourself and your family! ♥️

[@unlikeavirgin]

I bet you have beautiful eyes too!

[@romeosantos7249]

Amazing that Madonna and her Italian relatives (Giuseppe, especially) bear a strong physical resemblance. Even more amazing is that she paid homage to her Italian roots and heritage. Many people don't look back or even acknowledge distant familial ties.

[@atlantidaunderground]

she doesn't speak italian herself though. Otherwise I had a chance to learn basic italian at school and it's an easy language to learn apparently, sounds good too.

[@ronaldronz4599]

Amazing how Madonna never really claims or talks about her Italian heritage in mainstream Western media though..like she ashamed or trying to 'white wash' herself

[@HOXHOXHOX]

@@ronaldronz4599 she literally mentions it all the time boo boo.

[@LorraineCareyAuthor]

My family came from Pacentro and am a distant cousin to Madonna. I visited this town in 2012 and I can honestly say this town is magical and boasts some very interesting history along with it’s urban legends and lore. Once you go, it steals your heart and you want to return.

[@ChristopherWayneFisher]

+Lorraine Carey Buon giorno :) the place is very ancient, the energy of the place is just magical! and the castles seem to be quite selective on who is allowed to enter (like many coincidences).

[@LorraineCareyAuthor]

+Christopher Wayne Fisher Yes it is. This village inspired me to write the story, Beloved Sacrifice.

[@ChristopherWayneFisher]

+Lorraine Carey what is amazing dreaming about the prince of bourbon parma, a common ancestor too all of us

[@ChristopherWayneFisher]

+Christopher Wayne Fisher This is how the place i was at that looks like when i saw the artifact i should stay away from in my dream, i wish i knew how to draw. I was in this room that is part of a bottom of a castle looked like a dungeon or catacomb. the doors to the various rooms had bars meant to keep people out, the room was built with limestone and clay. like the foundation was built from the ground. and would be below ground. the passageway and up the stairs you then see a tore room with artifacts like sworrds and shields and crests. the statue was above the average person's height and had a picture of a face painted on it using squid ink or some other black substance.

[@MM-yb2fy]

1012 was a while ago. How old are you now? Over 1000 years old?

[@lupettodinotte]

I'm an american native english speaker but I've been living for years in Italy, where i studied italian. Well, I'm proud to say I can understand every word they said, even the sweet old lady, who has a very weird accent! Italian is a beautiful language, ad it's easy, because it has a phonemic orthography.

[@taddarita75]

Non è facilissimo comprendere quello che dice la vecchietta.

[@roccosorrentino2776]

@@taddarita75 Infatti parla dialetto

[@taddarita75]

@@roccosorrentino2776 grazie non si era capito guarda... non è detto che che non si possa comprendere. I dialetti (o lingue) dell'Italia meridionale non si discostano molto dall'italiano.

[@danwat1234]

Could u translate 4 us?

[@kimmerkakes3593]

I wish someone had the where/with/all to go back to that sweet little village and interview the next generation of Ciccone's that are related to Madonna!! I am surprised no one has, since this last visit to Pacentro in 1987...I think it would very interesting to go back, with Madonna and her family. NOW, that would be cool!!! #FamilyMatters

[@calisongbird]

K M *wherewithal

[@RodrigoSilvaDiaz]

Wow, Giuseppe has the same eyes of Madonna!

[@GG2873]

Giuseppe looks like Madonna's daughter Lourdes too

[@immamelchiorre9510]

Madonna è una persona straordinaria,antidiva,sensibile perché so ciò che ha fatto e fa nel privato,poi è una grandissima artista( ogni volta che la rivedo nell'interpretazione di Evita Peron,piango sempre).

[@farfallascura]

I am professor of Italian language and literature. My mother language is Serbian. Italian language is beautiful, especially Italian literature. And it is true, Italians really do it better. Great video!

[@BO_Riddle]

that boy looks just like her, wow.

[@robertcavalluzzi8112]

It's nice that Madonna seen her cousins in italy

[@SammyCee27]

Giuseppe looks like Madonna.

[@melissaonorati3458]

Chee Sem Soon a lot a lot

[@ok-yp9gb]

Impresionante, soy Argentino de abuelos Italiano .. Que genia Madonna , ese niño es igual a ella ,que sera de sus vidas hoy en día 36 años después...

[@ser4120]

Che bella ! Era emozionata e dolcissima !

[@paolobbbbb]

si vero...era semplice, dolce e simpatica...non dimenticherò mai il concerto a Torino...oggi dopo anni di successo e soldi (è la cantante che ha venduto più dischi di tutti i tempi) non è più la stessa, per prima cosa si è politicizzata...peccato :(

[@transsexualmenaceradfem]

La amo, l'ho sempre amata e continuerò ad amarla! Il mio amore! La mia regina!❤❤❤

[@EricLinHsu]

that young boy looks just like her!

[@melissaonorati3458]

Eric Lin Hsu yes a lot

[@unlikeavirgin]

Could you imagine finding out your cousin is the most famous woman on the planet?! Such a heartwarming video.

[@MsFarenait]

il suo amore per la famiglia e l'abruzzo la rende ancora piu' grande anche se non amo il genere ma riconosco che è una grande

[@vinilla901]

thanks for uploading I have never seen this and it so coooooool to see it thanks

[@stefanozomparelli3961]

Giuseppe e Madonna sono simili quando ride il piccolo è impressionante

[@deesee3622]

strong genes! that kid looks like her! wonder if she's kept in contact with them

[@rossanoponti8139]

What a beautiful video !!! ⭐️💎⭐️

[@ginasousabranco5637]

7:47, 7:52 Got to love Madonna!!

[@europa0104]

this video is simply fantastic! I knew Bambina when she was 84. I went in Pacentro to meet her (Pacentro is is near my native town, Pescara). She was just superbe! Marcello Accorsi

[@PPforever]

Oddio, me lo ricordo benissimo questo servizio e la canzone? L'avevo dimenticata! Mi piaceva tantissimo! Com'ero piccola ;o)

[@rinnypink]

2:28 Giuseppe seems very shy but then smiles really big directly at the camera 😂

[@tonirossi470]

CHE GRANDE PERSONA MADONNA....PUR ESSENDO LA PIU' GRANDE CANTANTE POP DI SEMPRE, VA A PACENTRO A TROVARE I SUOI LONTANI PARENTI

[@tarsempenn8768]

Non è mai andata, questo incontro avvenne nel camerino di Madonna a Torino prima dello show. Infatti Madonna è vestita come nelle prove, e loro hanno tutto il backstagepass attaccato ai vestiti per entrare. La Rai in questo aveva fatto credere una cosa per l' altra..

[@flx2525]

They all look like her and vice versa. You really see they're related.

[@migueljanavel]

Ni pensaron que despues de 40 años se mantendria como reciente la Reina del pop. Un documento legendario.

[@DominiqueWilhelmus]

i dont know why but i feel happy

[@VitoPanzella]

Giuseppe è identico a Madonna. Uguale!!! Che spettacolo, ho fatto un video nel mio canale su questa storia, sono curioso di sapere se nel corso degli anni hanno coltivato i rapporti tipo Francis Ford Coppola con la sua Bernalda in Basilicata.

[@webcamkay]

omg that little boy looks like madonna back when madonna used to have bob

[@honeynation]

so true!

[@eloisasarti3407]

Che bel momento♥

[@castorinobravo]

Peccato che non hanno portato anche Nonna Bambina a Torino: sarebbe stato un incontro epico!

[@wolverineeagle]

Her families hometown is 8.6 kms away from where my family originates from.(Fonte D’Amore) Suzi Quatro is a relative of ours. How funny is it that two families from the same area of Italy move 4,600 miles to Michigan and both produce music stars.(Granteds, Madonna achieved greater fame then Suzi, but still it is impressive.) From the Boot to the Mitten. :)

[@FederSim]

fantastico... viva l'italia! che bello mi ricorda la mia famiglia!

[@hoodone1000]

this is amazing the older lady speaks like my mother..love it xx

[@damefaso]

8:20 Wow they look pretty similar

[@nickmarchionda4345]

My grandfather was born in 1940 in Pacentro his boyhood house is still in the family. My grandpa came across the pond in December 1958,and worked as a blue collar worker working in a cookie factory in Nj.

[@gigaa4116]

Louisa very nice souvenir from your Family when you lived in the Italy Greetings from Grace

[@VitoPanzella]

Che bello vedere tanti italo-americani che amano il SUD ITALIA!!!

[@Brugio1982]

Che dolce! Però che inquietante il bambino clone di Madonna. Proprio identici!

[@sciupess2]

minchia il piccolino è uguale uguale a madonna .. e comunque tanto di cappello a una diva che non si è mai dimenticata delle sue origini e vorrei far notare che per il terremoto in abruzzo ha donato da sola 500.000 $ ... considerando che il vaticano ha dato un milione e mezzo è tantissimo!!!

[@caca1657]

Si è identico, è schoccante😱 Ti sarai dimenticato sicuramente di questo commento del 2009🤣🤣🤣

[@dinadefilippis8103]

Bambina is an old Italian name was very common my grandmother was named Bambina,she did not say she did not want anything to do with her,she is an old woman who does not understand modern music .She wished her well.

[@laspilly]

@vinilla Her Turin concert was broadcast live on TV (Raiuno) in the summer 1987 and this service was broadcast right before the concert.

[@marceloverdugo3954]

madonna, you never forget your family....recordare la tua famiglia

[@dinadefilippis8103]

Torino where they make Fiat cars, is a city up North close the France.A small town Torino di Sangro is by the Adiatic near Piacentro in the Appennini mountain La Maiella.Happy to give you the right info.

[@carlos2003177]

I love Romance languages. I don’t know a lick of Italian but I could pick up stuff here and there!

[@LangeWinchester007]

Que relíquia ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Gratidão!!!

[@bellobianchi]

I was in Pacentro in 2006 visiting my family. Its funny that my aunty is 2 doors up from the Ciccone family. This interview shook Pacentro and for many years there after the family had been shacken for interviews and paid to make contact with Madonna herself.

[@gabbyb7347]

Funny how "Madonna" is such an italian name, yet she was named after her mother who was french-canadian.

[@Charliebangel]

that's right! I am Italian and I'm so of her! =) She's the Queen at all!

[@caca1657]

2:29 he looks like Madonna!!! He shocking😂😂😂😂

[@BroccoliBeefed]

Mom was gorgeous.

[@agemami]

Madonna is so warm a receptive an loving here :) I love this I wonder if she stayed in touch an what's going on with them now ?

[@upncmnh11]

I notice that here too but she seems more distant in some of interviews now unless she likes the interviewer.

[@upncmnh11]

...but i think celebrities end up putting up 'emotional barriers' to protect themselves because of the bad things said about them or some false cases brought against them.

[@cuckooclocker]

quando inizia ad annoiarsi ha bisogno di fare qualcosa ahaha...lei che chiede al bambino di ballare..significa avere lo spettacolo nel sangue...mamma mia...

[@mpthangoldaz]

In 1721 our family trees joined !

[@Ujuani68]

+Michael Pelletier : AWESOME!! I wish, I had some famous folks in MY Family, but i doubt it..

[@GG2873]

+Michael Pelletier do you know Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, foundress of the Sisters of the Good Sheperd of Angers in France? Is this Saint a relative of yours?

[@agustindejesus7398]

Back in the 80s I was in the military. There was this guy with the last name Ciccone. He was good looking and I had my eyes on him. I think he knew that cause every once in a while he will look at me when I was looking at him. I wonder if he was related to Madonna, and where is he now.

[@HOXHOXHOX]

this is adorable in so many ways

[@vertiian]

Those kids look just like her

[@Ujuani68]

What a beautiful town Pacentro is! I´d love to see it. I have only seen Lago Maggiore and been through the Sankt Gotthard/ San Gottardo tunnel, during a holiday in Schweitz. I am from Denmark. I thought, that tunnel would never end!! :-) Pacentro is close to Torino, right? Where they make the FIAT car. So my stepfather once told me..

[@mistermaster4801]

no, Pacentro is not near Turin. Turin is in the north of Italy. Pacentro is in the region Abruzzo, in central Italy

[@amor2827]

shes very tender with the kids :3

[@floatingsara]

Me la ricordo questa intervista, è andata su Rai 1 quando Madonna ha fatto il concerto in diretta tv

[@tarsempenn8768]

Andando da Roma in Calabria in pullman ho visto e riconosciuto Pacentro dalle torri che vedevo dall' autostrada. Per una mia tesi di laurea su madonna molto anni fa telefonai alla cugina Amelia di Pacentro che si vede nel video e fu molto scortese, e non volle rispondere a nessuna domanda per la mia tesi.

[@marioguida1841]

Che disse????

[@matteobosio9717]

Il mio paese❤️

[@vinilla901]

@laspilly thanks for that information I love her so much

[@Conquissstador]

@danilex666 ¿Cuando dices que es "americana" te refieres especificamente a es estadounidense o de cualquier parte del continente americano (boliviana, mexicana,canadiense)?

[@dinadefilippis8103]

I was born in Casalbordino by the Adriatic few miles away from Piacentro ,I speak Abruzzese ,the old lady did not have an accent she spoke Abruzzese.

[@xxxyyy4336]

Mi ricordo che fu l'evento italiano dell'anno 1987

[@thiago340]

Wow!!! Quel bambino sembra proprio il fratellino di Madonna!

[@LMTB17]

Giussepe looks like Madonna

[@rajrao1651]

good camera work ,she seems happiest with her family.....[.rajrao.].17/7/13.........father of adopted italian daughter ,her grandmama named florance may castellori[armstrong]

[@EyeSmart]

IO sono un uomo domenicano italiano, ma vive negli stati uniti, e son pienamente d'accordo con lei. E' un peccato che così tante persone negli Stati Uniti d'America non hanno nozione di altre culture e lingue. L'ignoranza chiede di essere perdonata.

[@supperba]

mitico!

[@wladislaw79]

Ujuani it's not clos to Torino! it's far from Torino! Pacentro is a town set on the mountains of Abruzzo, in the Center of Italy! Torino is in Piedmont and it's the main town!

[@vampiroangelico]

Ammazza come parlano burini in Abruzzo, pero' non c'e' niente da fare, sono gente di cuore, e probabilmente le donne sono bravissime cuoche.

[@LangeWinchester007]

O menino é a cara dela, os olhos e as sobrancelhas, parece muito ❤

[@NocturneSoul]

She donated half million dollars and said she was happy to help the town where her ancestors were from.

[@Luca85italy]

wow!

[@ciciguidette93]

My great grandmother was a Ciccone

[@numbronephilyfan]

I wish they had translations for those who don't speak Italian but want to know what's aid and watch

[@Bea97Freak]

Taralynn Torres at first the voice says that Madonna has Italian origins, then he says that her family's name is in the registry office of Pacentro (a little town in central italy). The first woman who's interviewed is Madonna's great-aunt, who's 92 years old and says she's never met Madonna, but knows her through the tv and likes her a lot. The second woman is Madonna's father's cousin (with her husband), then their children (13 and 11 years old). The old woman shows some old photos with Madonna's grand-parents and father. Then she says she wishes her all the best and that she'd like to meet her one day. The other woman says she'd like to go the Madonna's show in Turin and to meet her. Then all the family meets Madonna in Turin. On the couch the woman says that the little boy is in love with Madonna. A voice asks the little boy how old is him and if he can't really dance and he answers no, his mother says he knows how to dance but he's too shy, even if he always dance on Madonna's songs. In the end the reporter asks to the woman (Amelia) what did she feel in that moment and she answers she was full of joy and she really liked her a lot. Finally the reporter says that Madonna wanted to dance with Giuseppe (the little kid) but he answers he cannot dance and tells that she told him that he looks a bit like her. I know its not like having subtitles and my english is not perfect, but I hope I helped you ;-)

[@peachie7117]

frk8697 It helped a lot for me. Thank you.

[@margaretrobertson502]

immlll Jackson music

[@numbronephilyfan]

frk8697 yes it did and thank you so much

[@deesee3622]

Giuseppe looks a lot like her!!

[@roncerod]

Please watch Madonna's concert STICKY and SWEET Tour in Chicago! Buy yout tix now!

[@denise53134]

they talk about Madonna's family her grandparents, her dad her aunt showing photos...

[@casanacht]

i love italy

[@sallac4ever]

Why did you say ''Her grandmothers sister hates her! ''? how did you get such information ?

[@LoToast]

I watched the town in street view (it's beautiful!) but I couldn't seem to find the statue! Does it even exist? Is it just a rumour? Or where is it? Help please! (:

[@Conquissstador]

@SaintThomas92 Asi es, no tiene sentido, pero a lo mejor es, como tu dices, una manera "coloquial" de excluir a los españoles de Europa, lo cual no me parece coloquial, si no irrespetuoso. La frase "Europa comienza a partir de los Pirineos" es una frase que aparecio en el siglo XIX y se refiere a que Europa comienza de Francia para arriba.Los nordicistas apoyaban esta frase. El concepto llegó a America y aun muchos norteamerianos no consideran europeos a los españoles o portugueses.

[@marygirlinthemirror]

@karujimi Bueno, es bastante común... cuando pasan muchas generaciones el idioma se va perdiendo. Mis abuelos eran italianos, pero yo no sé hablar el idioma más que algunas palabras perdidas... jejeje...

[@nunalory2010]

@laficasvedese87 secondo me Madonna fa bene a mantenere le distanze perché purtroppo spesso è vero il detto "parenti serpenti" Cmq Madonna non rinnega affatto le sue origini altrimenti questo video non esisterebbe e la zia Bambina non sarebbe stata nominata nel concerto di Torino con visione internazionale. Non è che pure te in fondo in fonde sei geloso/a?

[@mikegarcia1389]

This is a cool video.

[@burbscinates]

@Scorpianslady23 that's cause she dyed her hair blonde. if it was it's natural brown color she would look SOO italian. haha

[@ofekR]

i don't understand italian, who are they in the video what are they saying and asking?

[@gnogko]

che dolce la prozia... chissà quanto avrà sofferto per la lontananza dlla sorella in america... l0emigraziomne non era un gioco!

[@marianosupply]

@sandrodream1 Im from argentina , and I totaly agree with you

[@matteobosio9717]

il mio paese❗

[@kf31paris]

e belle il paese tuo, I love italy!!!!

[@erwcat]

she is so nice and lovely. look at her now.a different person. this person died many yers ago.

[@jatoya.s1021]

After her divorce to Sean Penn she was never the same !

[@jatoya.s1021]

Prissy Lissy After her divorce to Sean Penn she just was never the same plus her Like a Prayer era was basically her Hollywood satanic ritual initiation and she turn into an she is just a perverted superficial narcissistic bitch ever since till now

[@francescottantanove]

4:30 “Tand bej augurij” 😂

[@slyers3]

VORREI VEDERE GIUSEPPE ADESSO

[@marwelarikan867]

Ha la stessa faccia di quando era bambino ed è alto 2 metri.lo conosco perché abitiamo vicino.

[@caca1657]

@@marwelarikan867 veramente?

[@martind586]

@escuipo oki doki,,, is a saying like,,, a ok! ( so oki doki is not a who,,, it is agreeing with someone! )

[@noreenreyes3817]

what is the name of that boy who looks like her?

[@OcchioniApotropaici]

Giuseppe

[@skipper1132]

Pazzesco i cugini sono due goccie d'acqua

[@MilkandCookies92]

Her boy cousin looks just like her and the girl looks like Sean Penn.

[@thequeenoftheprom]

So true! 😁😁😁