A journey through history and memory, rediscovering the origins of a family who, in the second half of the sixteenth century, crossed the border between the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples to bring new life to a land devastated by earthquakes and plague.Through ancient cadastres, notarial acts, and forgotten traces, the story of the Romagnoli of the Frentani intertwines with the birth of Villa Romagnoli, a thriving village just four kilometers from Lanciano. It is a story of migration, of changing names, and of memories that endure through time.At the heart of the research lies a precious document: the 1719 deed recorded by the seventy-year-old Costanzo Silvestro. From it emerges a family network rooted in distant centuries, with individuals and places revived through the document's few yet powerful pages. Each paragraph becomes a doorway into a suspended time, where the voices of ancestors return with unexpected force.From sixteenth-century registers to the signs of popular devotion, a complex and fascinating picture takes shape: documents, toponyms, and religious traditions form a surprising mosaic of connections that reflects the intricate history of this family. The hypothesis of Doric origins - filtered through the story of their "mother city" and the Romagna of Cesare Borgia - opens new perspectives on the genealogy of the Frentanian Romagnoli.And yet, questions remain: how much does chance shape the rediscovery of the past? A pair of forgotten eyeglasses, a rediscovered document, a saint who protects eyesight - clues that turn research into a kind of initiation narrative, where the past seems eager to speak to the present. More than a mere genealogical reconstruction, this book is an invitation to look with new eyes through the fog of the centuries, with gratitude toward those who came before us, and with the awareness that memory survives only if continually rediscovered.