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Batista Dal Santo was his name in Amrica was Bob. He came to America to be in the music field and construction. He played guitar in a bar and then sent for Juditta Bonogoodo, known as Judy. They went to Chicago where I am sure that other Itilian men liked Bob and wanted him to join their group. The faimly rumor was, they were the Mafia. I believed it also.
they had 4 children. Joe, Frank,Norma, and Florence who died of apprendice attack.
they came to Arizona and built a chicken ranch. 2,000 chickens. Papa built the ranch himself, with help from illegals that lived 3 miles from us. He was very prosperous. He also dealt in illegal things, that brought in more money. Their first son Joseph was my father. Of course he was the black sheep of the family. He would drive out on the country roads just to get away. One day he passed a old shack like ranch, with a pretty girl sitting on the rikkity porch. H stopped the car and got aquainted with the 14 year old. He we 17. But of course this could never be, because she was not pure bred like they were. She was of Russian decent and scotish and maybe more. They never accepted her. She was not allowed in their home. Even after they married, she had to sit in the car while they had Thanksgiving dinner etc. I did not meet my mother until I was 15, and she told me her version that did not match up with thiers. I'm getting ahead of my self again. My grandparents were very well off. So they took my mother to court to prove her an unfit mother. Since the judge and lawyer were friends with Papa, of course the won me in court.
they did not know that my mom was expecting another child. My dad was a wimp and let them take me from my mother. I was 18months old.