Can Southern Italians and Sicilians claim Greek heritage?

ARE THE SICILIANS, CALABRIANS etc GREEKS? ANSWER: Yes and No. Yes, because they have GREEK origin and purely GREEK genes derived from: A) The first colonization with the Minoans of Crete From 2.000 to 1.600 b.C. B) The Second colonization. Aeol... read more

Some people on Quora think that 20 million people (southern italians) have the same ancestry, the same character, the same behaviours and the same opinions as a whole. Of course, some of them can claim greek heritage, as Southern Italy has been “Magna Graecia” for centuries before being conquered by the romans. read more

Urbane northerners often viewed Sicilian-speakers as somehow inferior. The differences led to cool relationships, even between immigrants to America. Thankfully, those feelings have been largely subsumed in our great melting-pot, and those of northern and southern heritage alike celebrate their ‘Italian’ ancestry. read more

Goombah (a thug or Mafioso), and Guido or Guidette (Northern term referring to Italians who try to portray a mafia mentality) are once Sicilian and Italian heritage. Discrimination in any form has never made much sense to me, so it is difficult to say exactly why some Italians might want to carry a bias against Sicilians, other than the fact that they were historically conditioned to do so. read more