I am a Merola
My name is Ardis Merola.My fathers name was Paul Mario Merola but he always went by the name Thomas Paul.Everyone called him Tommy. My father's people came from Naples and he was raised in New Jersey.I think my grandfather's name was Joseph Merola and I don't know for sure what my grandmother's name was....
I think there were about 13 children in my father's family but I have lost touch with everyone that I knew.I know of a brother and a sister that passed away while my father was still alive.I don't know how many might be remaining.
I remember Florence, Constantine, Nick, and Peter.I seem to remember that I had an Aunt Teresa that was an opera singer, and it appears that several of the Merola's were in show business including my father for a period of his life.