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Descendants of Swiss-Italian emigrants tell their ancestors’ stories

During the 19th century people left Switzerland's Italian-speaking canton of Ticino for a better life abroad. Large numbers went to Australia, the United States and Britain. While their beginnings were often similar, once in the New World they followed very different paths. (swissinfo.ch)

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