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Roger Balbi was born in Miami, Florida, where he now lives. His father Adolfo Balbi was born in Cuba in 1931. Roger's grandfather Ramon Balbi was born in Santiago De Las Vega, Cuba in 1895 and Roger's great grandfather Ramon was also born in Cuba. Through Balbi contacts related to this web page, Roger discovered a Balbi relative, Kenneth Emilio Balbi. Kenneth had researched their Balbi ancestry and shared it with Roger. As it turns out, they descend from a famous Renaissance Balbi family, from Venice, who many historians believe are related to the Genoese Balbi family. Roger's email address is: RBalbi@comcast.net. Cathy Crowther lives in Virginia. Her great-great-great grandparents were Francesco and Charlotte Balbi. Their children included Caesar, Teresina and Louis, Cathy's great-great-grandfather, who immigrated to America from Genoa around 1865. Louis added "Hastings" to his name. He and his American-born wife Rebecca were married around 1872 and settled in Virginia. Two of their children were Annie Balbi Hastings and Harry Braxton Balbi Hastings, who was Cathy's great-grandfather. He married Emma Sledge and their only child, Dorothy Hastings, married Lacy Foster. Their only child was Cathy's mother Sondra Foster. Cathy's email address is: Mirandaalana@yahoo.com. Lynne Pizzia lives in Los Angeles and is married to Carlo Luigi Pizzia. They have one daughter, Michela. The family believes Lynne's mother-in-law, Emma Adriana Balbi, born in 1926 and living in Genoa, Italy is the Contessa Balbi di Giustina. Emma's father, Luigi, born in 1893, married Maria Cerruti in Genoa. His father, the Conte Giovanni Battista, born in Venice in 1860, married Rachele Ferrari (born in 1865) in Genoa. Giovanni Battista's parents were the Conte Ferdinando Maria Giuseppe, born in 1835, and the Contessa Vendramin, born in 1838. Lynne's email address is: lynnepizzia@yahoo.com. Marla Pizzia and her sister Monica are granddaughters of Emma Balbi Pizzia, in the listing above. Their parents are Carlo Luigi Pizzia and Adriana Avakian. Marla has two daughters, Alexis Nicole Mateko and Brooke Ruby Mateko. Marla's email address is bigkiss1314@hotmail.com. Enddy Balbi's had been living in San Francisco de Macoris in the Dominican republic prior to immigrating to the United States in 1979. Enddy's father's name is Erasmo Balbi. Enddy's email address is: Elanny19@aol.com. Francisco Carlos Balbi was born in Brazil. He immigrated to Florida where he now lives with his wife Daisy and their children: Monique, Aline, Bruno, Victor and Amanda. Francisco's Balbi ancestors are from Italy. His grandfather Luis immigrated to Brazil where he and his wife Carolina remained. Francisco has four brothers, all of whom live in Brazil: Luis Balbi, Jorge Augusto Balbi, Carolina Altiva Balbi, and Sonia Balbi. Francisco's email address is: Bruno@balbipainting.com. Irlyn Balbi and her family live in New York. She has a sister, Madeline, and a brother, Aleudin. Her family is from San Francisco de Macoris in the Dominican Republic. Her great- grandfather's name was Mauricio Balbi, her grandfather's name was Juan Maria Balbi (Juanito) and her father's name is Tito Balbi. Her father has thirteen brothers and sisters: Lucia (Lucinda), Ana Julia (Nena), Clara, Cirila, Leonarda, Claudio, Roque, Erasmo, Simon, Pascual (Paco), Antolin, Jaime, and Epifanio Balbi who is deceased. Irlyn's e-mail address is: lillytumbao@msn.com, and her sister's e-mail is: mamasita143@msn.com. Kathy Benbrook lives in California. Her grandfather was Pietro Balbi who emigrated from Genoa, Italy in 1921. Pietro had a brother named Joseph (Giuseppe) who lived in the San Francisco area or possibly Riverside, California. Pietro had a son named Vincent as well as Kathy's father. Pietro owned Balbi's Mercantile in Stockton in the 1930s. Pietro's Balbi relative (either a nephew or cousin) Domenico Balbi, visited her family in 1976. Domenico was a well known artist, born around the late 1920s. His paintings include Tarot cards. 1 2 3