So I'm going to give this a try. I'm thinking I'll start this off with family pictures, stories, and recipes and then just see what happens. 

So here are Joesph Fleming and Carmela (later Lillian..that's another story) Alborano on their wedding day September 30, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York.  So the story goes that Grandma did not actually want to get married but Grandpa pursued her so ruthlessly -which means he came to her house and the family met him- that they wound up getting married. Great Grandma Fleming, who by all reports was not the most pleasant woman you'll ever meet, was not a fan of this marriage because Grandpa converted to Catholicism in order to get married. In fact, she had to be removed from the church by the police.  Grandma had completed high school at night school and had hoped to go to nursing school which was part of the reason she was not anxious to marry, but Grandpa promised that she could go after they married, but life (and four kids) changed the plan. Grandma was always a huge advocate for education and wept at my college graduation.