If I'm Sicilian, am I still considered Italian?

Question:So I said that I am Sicilian and I still consider myself Italian, now she says I am not Italian I'm sicilian, I need someone to find some good info that i can give her to explain I'm still considered Italian. Yes I know Sicily is an autonomous region but I need to know the ruling am I still considered italian? I think I am because sicily is part of Italy. Thanks

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: So I said that I am Sicilian and I still consider myself Italian, now she says I am not Italian I'm sicilian, I need someone to find some good info that i can give her to explain I'm still considered Italian. Yes I know Sicily is an autonomous region but I need to know the ruling am I still considered italian? I think I am because sicily is part of Italy. Thanks

Italy did not become a unified nation until the last part of the 19th century when Garibaldi overthrew the Papal States and united Italy under the House of Savoia.

Actually, I understand Italians often time identified themselves with their province more than they do as Italians. They are Calabrians, Sicilians, Tuscans etc etc etc.

Yes.

sicily is in italy which make u italian

Yea cause thats where all the people from the mob come from and they are always called italians. Being italian means you are from Italy and you are so this is really a pointless question, no offence.

Although a special part of Italy ( like Venice, Naples, Rome, etc ), Sicily shares the Italian language and much culture with the rest of Italy and so Sicilians are completely Italian.

yes Sicilian is in Italy which makes you Italian because long ago there was a man I don't know his name but he was the very first man to be Sicilian and his family was Italian and he was mixed so they made a group of words and they were called Sicilian

yup

no you are chinese.