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Alito's classic family odyssey

Ancestors came from Italy and struggled in US

By Michael Kranish
Globe Staff / December 11, 2005

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WASHINGTON -- It was the summer of 1913, and Maria Alati was pregnant and staying behind in Italy as her husband left for America. Antonio Alati boarded the SS Ancona and headed for the port of Philadelphia. (Full article: 962 words)

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