"The past is what you take with you."

L'dor vador, from generation to generation.

The word Tree and the word Truth come from the same root.

"One day, all of us will get separated from each other. We will miss our conversations of everything, and nothing, and the dreams we had. Days, months, and years will pass until this contact becomes rare. One day, our children will see our pictures and ask: "Who are these people?" And we will smile with invisible tears because a heart is touched with a strong word and you will say: "It was with them that I had some of the best days of my life." Geoffrey, Toys R Us Farewell June 29, 2018.

The longest direct line of ancestors in this Pocoroba/Brostoff Family Tree originates with Mariano Alliata born in Palermo in 1510 and continues through 18 Generations to Alexandra Brostoff. There are 13 Generations of the Amari and Lanese families. 12 Generations of the Guccia family. 11 Generations of the Camposarcuno, Pocoroba, Marchese and Scalabrino Families. 10 Generations of the Masucci and Sabetta Families. 9 Generations of the Mosca and Sirulnick(Tsyriulnik) Families. 8 Generations of the Riccio and Barlotta Families. 7 Generations of the Clericuzio, Brostoff, Steinlauf and Neigreschel Families. 6 Generations of the Cocuzza and Fineshrieber Families, and 5 Generations of the Hraniotis, Romano and Saemmer Families. 
 Any corrections and/or additional information anyone may have would be greatly appreciated. Please contact jmpbrostoff@gmail.com.
  
 It was the passionate interest and detective work of my father, Robert George Arthur Pocoroba, and his cousin, Susan Galietta Purdy, that began the compilation of this family tree. It was the third grade project of Nicole and Adam Brostoff that began the family tree online.
        
 It is believed that the Pocoroba family is originally from Spain from before the time of the Crusades and before there was the country of Portugal. It is believed that they were Crusaders. They lived through the Arab invasion of Spain and the 400 years of Moslem rule that followed. There were seven brothers named Pocorobas when the Catholics took over Spain and Portugal. Then came the Inquisition and the seven brothers fled. It is believed that they may have been Sephardic Jews. Three of the brothers were caught and four got away. Of the four who got away, one went to England and changed the name Pocorobas to Smallpiece. It is believed that this part of family was later involved in the Cunard Shipping business. Another one of the brothers fled to Ravena in northern Italy. Two of the brothers fled to Sicily. It is from one of  these brothers that we descend. The 's' was dropped from Pocorobas and is now Pocoroba. We believe that the family originally spelled the name Pocorobba with two 'b's.   

In August of 1988 Robert Pocoroba was contacted by Norma Becerra Pocoroba after she saw the name Arthur Pocoroba in the New York City phone book. It was always said that there were cousins in Mexico. This allowed us to connect with our Mexican family.
        
 In March of 2002, I was very fortunate to come across a Mr. Charles Carome online who was also searching the name Camposarcuno. He may, in fact, be a sixth cousin. He had already copied all the Mormon (Church of the Latter Day Saints) records for the name Camposarcuno in the town of Ripalimosani in Italy and was generous enough to share that information with me. I believe he has given us an accurate and amazing amount of data on our Camposa Family.  
   
 In June 0f 2002, Martin received a phone call from Erica Brostoff living in London, England. She is related to David Brostoff in California who also phoned us later that same day. It is David Brostoff who has provided us with more Brostoff family history than we ever had before. He has information on six  branches of Brostoff families. It is his belief that all Brostoff's are related but he has yet to find one common ancestor.

In April 2010, a transcription of Palermo marriage records was found online. From this listing we have located the parents of Giuseppe Pocoroba, Benedetta Seidita, Ferdinando Guccia, Rosalia Amari and more. Now we can connect our family to the very famous Michele Amari and Enrico Amari as we descend from their brother Giuseppe Amari. I cannot thank Hugh Tornabene of Maryland enough for sharing the vast amount of information that he has on his website that honors his father Onofrio John Tornabene. This information has since been added to Ancestry.com.

In July of 2015, due to Ancestry.com DNA results and the dedication of his Uncle, Mark A. Bowling, we welcome John Christopher Vitalo to our family!

In January 2016 I came across "Our Family Trees 2014" on ancestry.com, complied by Luisa Massuci Aman, that gave me invaluable information on the Mosca and Masucci families from Santa Lucia di Serino. Many thanks to all the work Luisa Masucci Amann has posted on her tree.

in June 2020 I wrote letters to the authors of the book, Giovanni Battista Guccia. On July 1, 2020 I received an email from Benedetto Bongiorno, one of the authors, who said I was "certainly related to the Mathematician." That same day he emailed the details showing that my 3x Great Grandfather Mariano Guccia e Coluccio is the half brother of the Mathematician, Giovan Battista Guccia e Guccia. Our common ancestor is Giovanni Battista Guccia e Bonomolo, my 5x Great Grandfather and the Mathematician’s 2 x Great Grandfather. I cannot thank Sr. Bongiorno enough for finally fitting together the pieces of the Guccia family. Mille Grazie, Sr. Bongiorno!

For you to be born from 12 previous generations you needed a total of 4,094 ancestors over the last 400 years.
Think for a moment,  How many struggles? How many battles? How many difficulties? How much sadness? How much happiness? How many love stories? How many expressions of hope for the future? did your ancestors have to undergo for you to exist in this present moment. - Ancestral Mathematics