The article starts out with a quote about Mussolini, that brings me back. I used to live in Brazil for a while, and while there I met a girl who's last name wa

The article starts out with a quote about Mussolini, that brings me back. I used to live in Brazil for a while, and while there I met a girl who's last name was Mussolini. I was fascinated and asked where that name has come from, and apparently her grandfather had moved to Brazil from Italy sometime in the 40s. I was very excited to be talking with what I imagined to be a relative of such an historical figure, but she didn't understand it at all: she had no idea who Mussolini was, what he did, or why it would be interesting at all. Having grown up in Europe, and with some Italian ancestry(my grandad also left Italy in the 40s, but for Sweden instead of Brazil) it hasn't occurred to me that someone could be unaware of Benito Mussolini, much less someone who wears his last name! (God knows I'm reminded of the associations of my own Italian last name frequently enough!) At the same time I can kinda understand why her parents wouldn't talk too much about it, if they were indeed related to Benito. Always interesting to peer into the mind of someone with a background that is so different from my own, yet at the same time so very similar!