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A Dane in Little Italy

New Ties:
Becoming Italian
in Canada

Chris Bennedsen and Danielle Colicchia, his great-niece, Toronto, ca 1975.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P32-3.A8-1.001, E2007-00475)

Connie Bennedsen with her mother, Carmela Colangelo, Toronto, early 1980s. Carmela died in 1986.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P35-17.E11-25.001, E2007-00492)

Chris on the porch of the home on Arlington Avenue, late 1980s.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P34-5.A14-45.001, E2007-00480)

Chris in the kitchen of the home on Arlington Avenue, 1991.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, P36-13.E28-4.001, E2007-00494)

New Ties:
Becoming Italian
in Canada

Listen to an interview in which Chris talks about the sense of belonging he felt in his new family.
(CMC/Christian Bennedsen Collection)

Eventually, Chris entered into the social and organizational life of the larger group of Italian-Canadians through his participation in the life of the Colangelo family, while staying close to his Danish family.

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