Birth Name: Filippina Lydia Arena
Place of Birth: Keilor East, Victoria, Australia
Date of Birth: 1 November 1967
Ethnicity: Italian (Sicilian)
Tina Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter, musical theatre actress, and record producer. Her parents, Francesca “Franca” (Catalfamo) and Giuseppe “Joe” Arena, are Italian immigrants, from Valguarnera Caropepe, Provinc of Province of Enna. She was married to manager Ralph Carr.
Tina’s paternal grandparents were Calogero Arena (the son of Gioacchino Arena and Maria Prato) and Nunzia Bonanno (the daughter of Filippo Bonanno and Lucrezia Manuse). Gioacchino was the son of Calogero Arena. Maria was the daughter of Giovanni Prato.
Tina’s maternal grandparents were Francesco Catalfamo (the son of Felice Catalfamo and Rosaria Nicoletti) and Filippa Giulivo.
Sources: Relationship record of Tina’s parents – http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au
Marriage record of Tina’s paternal grandparents, Calogero Arena and Nunzia Bonanno – http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it
Marriage record of Tina’s maternal grandparents, Francesco Catalfamo and Filippa Giulivo – http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it
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