Second exclusive information obtained by Italianism, the former president Jair Bolsonaro initiated legal proceedings in the Court of Venice with the aim of requesting recognition of their Italian citizenship. This measure aims to bypass the long queues at the Italian consulate.
One of the reasons for this citizenship request is the origin of one of his paternal great-grandfathers, Vittorio Bolzonaro, who was a native of Anguillara Veneta, a city in northern Italy, in the Veneto region. In 2021, this city granted Bolsonaro honorary citizenship. Furthermore, his maternal grandparents were originally from Lucca, Tuscany.
The choice of the Venice Court as the location to initiate the process is due to a change in Italian legislation. Now, the application for recognition of Italian citizenship must be made in the court of the capital of the region where the Italian ancestor was born, known as Venice. “regional capoluogo”.
It is important to note that the senator Flávio Bolsonaro and the federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, two of the former president's children, had already started this process in 2019.
Bolsonaro's Italian heritage
On his paternal side, Bolsonaro also has Italian ancestors with surnames like D'Agostin, Remo , Borin e Caliò – Veneto, Tuscan and Calabrese.
Your great-grandfather, Vittorio Bolzonaro, was born in Anguillara Veneta, on April 12, 1878, and his great-grandmother, Filomena Lodia D'Agostini, was born in Masi, in the province of Padova.
On May 25, 1888, Vittorio arrived in Brazil with his parents Angelo Bolzonaro and Francesca Remo, along with his siblings Regina Giovanna and Tranquillo.
On his mother's side, Bolsonaro has 100% Italian ancestry, with surnames such as Bonturi, Andreini, Pardini, Lenzi, Cavalletti and Vannucci.
Both of Bolsonaro's maternal grandparents, Guido Bonturi and Argentina Pardini, were born in the Tuscan city of Lucca, in 1893 and 1892, respectively.
