Article: Plight of lonely widower has all of Italy in its grip.

Article: Italy's Extended Families Facing Changes
AP Online;  October 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... bowls in a park in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, May 21, 2003 ... with excellent longevity, Italy has the highest national percentage ... birth rates in the world, Italy now has the highest national ... picked the family _ Elio and Marlena Riva, their 18-year-old son ...

Article: Found: a new family for Italy's lonely grandfather
Belfast Telegraph;  September 24, 2004 ;     575 words ... ... tomorrow with a family in northern Italy.Giorgio Angelozzi, 80 ... spends most of the year outside Italy working as a medical volunteer ... adoption came from all over Italy as well as Britain, Canada ... missing his own family.Elio and Marlena Riva live in the countryside near ...

Article: Extended Families Disappearing in Italy
AP Online;  October 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... with excellent longevity, Italy has the highest national percentage ... extended family. Put bluntly, Italy's population is top-heavy ... birth rates in the world, Italy now has the highest national ... picked the family _ Elio and Marlena Riva, their 18-year-old son ...

Article: High longevity and falling birthrate leave Italy's seniors ...
AP Worldstream;  October 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the extended family. Put bluntly, Italy's population is top-heavy with seniors ... the lowest birth rates in the world, Italy now has the highest national percentage ... Angelozzi said he picked the family _ Elio and Marlena Riva, their 18-year-old son Mateusz and ...

Article: Adoption of 'grandfather' goes sour in Italy
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 22, 2005 ;     603 words ... ... and covered in the Monitor -- sent a wave of guilt across Italy. But eight months and a large dental bill later, the nonno ... family because of the mother's smooth voice. He followed Marlena Riva around, stroking her hair like an infatuated child. "He ...

Article: Senior 'adoption' sours in Italy; Offered a home after his ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... and covered in the Monitor - sent a wave of guilt across Italy. But eight months and a large dental bill later, the nonno ... family because of the mother's smooth voice. He followed Marlena Riva around, stroking her hair like an infatuated child. "He ...

Article: Italian family reaches out and adopts a granddad.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor;  November 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... The Christian Science Monitor SPIRANO, ITALY -- The Riva family often ate dinner ... and I looked at the children," says Marlena Riva, sipping tea at the same kitchen table ... distance. Instead of tinned food he savors Marlena Riva's home cooking. His old wool pullover ...