Ethnicity
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ridgerunner72160-609-362419 — 14 years ago(August 28, 2011 10:53 AM)
I had read somewhere that Don's last name was originally spelled Amici, but too many people pronounced it A mee see, while the correct pronounciation was A mee chee, so he had it changed for that reason. I'd say definitely Italian, at least on his dad's side of the family.
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wlandolfi-1 — 12 years ago(September 08, 2013 06:34 PM)
Yes, Don Ameche's father was Sicilian. Don Ameche's mother was a mix, I think, of Irish, Scotch & English. True, Don Ameche's father came from Sicily and his surname was "Amici." In later years, the family anglicized it to "Ameche."