Italian descent
Ancestry from Rome
Italian descent describes ancestry traceable to Italy.
Someone of Italian descent has Italian forebears, whether parents, grandparents, or more distant ancestors.
The phrase appears in discussions of heritage and identity: She's of Italian descent but has never visited Italy.
Descent here means lineage—the line of people from whom one is descended.
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- SicilianFrom Italy's largest island
Neapolitan · immigrant · Ellis Island · fresh off the boat · paesano · nonna · famiglia · Sunday gravy · Mediterranean · olive skin · surname · genealogy · roots · great grandmother · old country · old world · Tuscan · dual citizenship
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- genealogyfamily trees, family history, ancestors, ancestry tracing, pedigrees
Romance vs. non-Romance linguistic heritage
Italian descentNordic heritage
Northern European ancestral legacy
Italian, Italy, Italianate, italicize, italics, descent, descend, descends, descended