1. September 2025|
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|3 months agoFrom Australia to Verzasca: Swiss Emigrants' Descendants Trace Roots
Australian family discovers ancestral connections in Ticino, highlighting Swiss emigration history and cultural preservation.
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- Juliette Buchanan traveled from Australia to Gerra Verzasca to trace her great-great-grandfather Antonio Vosti.
- Antonio Vosti emigrated from Ticino to Australia in 1859.
- Juliette and Remo Vosti share a common ancestor from eight generations ago.
- Juliette's grandmother, Madge, was unable to find her birth certificate due to a misspelling in the records.
By The Numbers
1859
Year of Emigration
8
Generations
They Said
"She knew herself as Voste with an ‘e’ on the end, but when she got married in 1926 and requested her birth certificate, nothing came up."
"All these Vosti came up as links to me through the DNA as cousins, second cousins, which confirmed all my research."