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Author: tcasagrande1
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I have been told the Surname Casagrande goes back to 500 AD
when Atilla the Hun invaded Northern Italy and slaughtered thousands of people. The
children that survived that lost their parents were put in an orphange. If they did not
know their family name they were given the name of the orphanage "The
Casagrande". If this is true there must have been hundreds? of orphanages. I believe
this is why there are so many Casagrandes from Northern Italy in particular.
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