Posted By:	Rosalie Valerio
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	Subject:	Re: Valerio Roots Filipino-Italian vs. Spanish Comments
	Post Date:	December 25, 2008 at 01:20:39
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/valerio/messages/215.html
	Forum:	Valerio Family Genealogy Forum
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I am a Valerio with Ancestry from Binmaley, Pangasinan in the Philippines - our ancestor was Pio Valerio, and he may have been an Italian from the Sicily area, rather than a Spaniard, I am told, because the Spaniards, during colonialization of the Philippine islands, used Italian navigators on their journeys to the islands during their 350+ years of occupation in the Philippines.