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17/06/2026

Marco reminds us to stay hopeful, to trust in what has been recognized for years, and to keep believing in this fight. And there is something each of us can do.

Share a short clip about what your Italian heritage means to you — your story, your roots, your connection. Use the hashtags below so our voices carry. Together we can remind the Italian government that our heritage has always been part of Italy’s story.

We are Italian. Every one of us.

Lauren’s full conversation with Marco Mellone is live now at the link in our bio!

16/06/2026

There is a lot of noise out there right now.

Every week brings another post, another rumor, another panic about what the 2025 reform means for Italian citizenship by descent. Most of it is speculation. Some of it is flat wrong.
So this week on Your Italian Podcast, we go straight to the source.

Our guest is Marco Mellone, founding attorney of Mellone Law Firm and one of the leading voices in the jure sanguinis litigation now before Italy’s highest courts. Marco represents the families at the center of the constitutional challenges to the reform. He has carried these cases to the Constitutional Court and to the United Sections of the Court of Cassation, where the question of retroactivity could reshape thousands of pending claims.

If you want to understand the current situation, skip the speculation and listen to the man actually arguing these cases in court.

Calm, clear, and grounded in the law.

Watch today on YouTube, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

15/06/2026

Before there was a New York, there was an Italian sailing into its harbor.

In 1524, the Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano sailed under the French flag and became the first European to enter New York Bay. He charted the Atlantic coast from the Carolinas to Newfoundland, decades before the Dutch built New Amsterdam and long before the city we know today.

New Yorkers cross his name without thinking about it. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, one of the longest suspension bridges in the country, carries the name of the Italian who saw the harbor first.

The Italian fingerprint on America did not begin at Ellis Island. It was here at the very start, on the water and on the map, in the names we still use 250 years on.

If your family’s story traces back to Italy, that thread runs through you too. Reclaiming citizenship by descent is how you pick it back up. Reach out today to schedule a consultation!

10/06/2026

Before “all men are created equal” appeared in the Declaration of Independence, a Tuscan wrote it first.

Filippo Mazzei, a physician and winemaker from Poggio a Caiano, settled next to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello in 1774.

The two became close friends. Writing in Italian for the Virginia Gazette that same year, Mazzei put it plainly:

“Tutti gli uomini sono per natura egualmente liberi e indipendenti.”

Jefferson, who translated Mazzei’s essays himself, rendered it as “all men are by nature equally free and independent.” Two years later, the idea became the line that defined a nation.

In 1994, Congress formally recognized Mazzei’s influence on the Declaration. JFK had already credited him in A Nation of Immigrants decades earlier.

The Italian fingerprint on America is 250 years old. It started at the founding, and it runs through every family that carries the bloodline forward.

If your nonni came from Italy, that thread runs through you too. Reclaiming citizenship by descent is how you pick it back up. Visit the link in our bio to schedule a consultation today!

09/06/2026

The Italian Constitutional Court heard the Mantova and Campobasso referrals against Law 74/2025, the statute that placed a generational cap on citizenship jure sanguinis.

This is a separate challenge from the Turin case decided in April. A different court, different arguments, and a fresh chance for the Tajani Decree to be tested on grounds it has not faced before.

If you have a pending application, or Italian nonni in your line you have been hoping to follow, the outcome could shape what comes next.

Follow us for developments as they break, and subscribe to our newsletter for to-the-minute updates sent straight to your inbox. Link in the first comment.

02/06/2026

On June 2, 1946, Italians went to the polls and made history. After the fall of Fascism and the end of the war, they answered one question: monarchy or republic? By a margin of roughly 54% to 46%, the people chose to send the House of Savoy into exile and build something new. The Repubblica Italiana was born.

A detail we love: this was also the first national vote in which Italian women could cast a ballot. So June 2 isn’t just the Republic’s birthday. It’s a milestone for Italian democracy itself.

To everyone in our community working through jure sanguinis right now: the apostilles, the translations, the records from a comune you’d never heard of until last year. Today is for you. Every document tracked down is one step closer to claiming what your nonni passed down. Eighty years of the Republic, and your place in its story is still being written.

Stuck on a step or unsure what comes next? Schedule a consultation at the link in our bio today! Buona Festa della Repubblica! 🇮🇹

01/06/2026

Before the flag, before the Constitution, there was an Italian.

In 1454, a boy was born in Florence named Amerigo Vespucci. Decades later, as a navigator crossing the Atlantic, he realized what Columbus never accepted: these shores weren’t the edge of Asia. They were an entirely new world. His letters describing that “Mundus Novus” stunned Europe.

In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller drew a map of this unknown land and gave it a name in Amerigo’s honor: America.

So when the United States turns 250 this July 4th, remember: the country was carrying an Italian name long before it had a founding. Your heritage isn’t a footnote to this story. It’s the first word of it. 🇮🇹🇺🇸

28/05/2026

Italy’s Supreme Court just reaffirmed something powerful: Italian citizenship by descent is a right that exists from birth. Not from the moment you file. From birth.

In Ordinance 13818/2026, the Corte di Cassazione ruled that when the consular system itself blocked you from even submitting an application, you have the right to go directly to an Italian court. The system cannot use its own dysfunction against you.

Here’s the honest picture:

🇮🇹 The case that triggered this ruling was filed in 2022, before the Tajani Decree. It is not an automatic workaround for post-reform cases.

🇮🇹 A Prenot@mi screenshot alone is not enough. Courts want a documented pattern: emails to consulates, record requests, professional engagement, formal notices.

🇮🇹 The Sezioni Unite’s written decision on retroactivity is still pending, expected June 2026. This story isn’t over.

This ruling gives attorneys a Supreme Court citation to argue you weren’t inactive. You were blocked. That’s a real and meaningful distinction. And the Constitutional Court explicitly left the position of good-faith applicants unresolved in its April 30 ruling, which means there is still room to fight.

If you tried to get an appointment before March 28, 2025, save everything. Then talk to an attorney.

Schedule a consultation to discuss your situation.

25/05/2026

On Memorial Day, we honor the men and women who gave their lives in service to the United States, including the hundreds of thousands of Italian Americans who fought in every major conflict since the Civil War.

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, their stories remind us that the American experience has always been shaped by immigrants and their descendants.

For many Italian American families, the path from sacrifice to belonging is part of our shared history. It is also part of what inspires so many people today to reconnect with their heritage, their language, and their citizenship.

Today marks the start of our weekly America 250 series, running from now through July 4th. Each week we will highlight a chapter of the Italian American story and the ties to Italy that continue to shape who we are.

🇺🇸🇮🇹 Honoring their memory. Carrying their legacy forward.

18/05/2026

A quick update: We’re moving this month’s Aperitivo to Thursday, May 28 — and we have a good reason.

There are some exciting things in the works behind the scenes, and we’re waiting just one more week so we can (hopefully!) share some news with you while we’re all together.

Same time, same place — just a little more to look forward to.

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