The funny thing about being half Greek half Italian is that you look 100% Greek and also 100% Italian.

"Go drink a coffee with your friends" *Gives 50€*

saw basically no difference between your Italian and Greek grandparents and my Spanish grandparents... mediterranean culture i love this

I can relate to your Greek grandpa so much! My "pappou" believed that the cure to everything was Nivea cream.

I'm Italian on my mom's side and all my guy cousins married Greek girls. Our family holidays are insane. We are the loudest group of people you have ever met.

A man who is Greek/Italian with an Australian accent and does comedy!?! Sign me up!

I'm a Greek and I'm sitting here like "why are these people laughing what's so funny everything's perfectly normal" xD

THE REASON OUR GRANDPARENTS PASS THE MONEY LIKE ITS DRUGS IS BECAUSE IF OUR PARENTS NOTICE THEY WILL MAKE THEM TAKE IT BACK

I'm from Greece and my grandma always passes my money secretly like they are drugs or something lol

Una Faccia, Una Razza 🇬🇷❤🇮🇹 Μια φάτσα, μια ράτσα 🇮🇹❤🇬🇷

I have a similar experience with my greek grandpa, who told me not to touch the axe that was by the garden. I was 3 or 4 y.o. I tried to pick it up, it fell on my leg and started bleeding badly, everyone was getting crazy and my grandpa was just sitting on his chair reading the newspaper, still remember him saying "I told her not to touch it".

Im greek and my mother thinks chamomile or ksematiasma are the solution for everything.Stomachache,headache,cancer,heart attack episode,insomnia,bad grades.Everythiiiing.

Mediterranean cultures have one thing in common and it's the great unity family members have with each other

My dad is a Cypriot Greek and he definitely believes that the cure to everything is Vicks!😂😂

Speaking as a Greek, the combination of Italy and Greece in only ONE DNA, is just awesome. It doesn't get better,hungrier, crazier! Italians will be our brothers for life! We truly are una facca una raccia.💓💟💝 LOVE them!

My Pappou recently passed away two weeks ago, and this made me laugh so much and to think about how lovable but actually ‘crazy’ he was! It’s the little quirks that make you feel thankful. Loved you stories!

I am Greek but have Sicilian heritage. I happen to think this is the best combination ever. Except for the craziness, of course, but it is part of our charm.

Owner of a Siciliano Nonno here. If you messed with his “limons” (lemons) you got whacked with his prized wooden plank that he kept within arm’s reach at all times. He also had a collection of approximately 15 stray cats, all named ‘Ciccio’. He hated cats but insisted on keeping them around because they would scare the ‘bastardo’ birds away from his precious fruit trees. He smoked rollies from the age of 11 because apparently that’s how kids in Sicily kept cold during the winter but his only ailment was a pesky haemorrhoid that he affectionately named ‘Roberto’ after his dead brother.

Love Italy! Been there a couple of times! When the Italians heard I am Greek they were overwhelmed and excited! God bless Italy! Love from Greece!

As a Greek, I can relate to that so much. Goodbye Grandpa, thank you for making me the man I am today.

Do people not realise you can be raised in Australia but still be Greek-Italian?

South Italy is still called Magna Grecia by Greeks,which stands for Great Greece, because it was firstly inhabited by Greek settlers back in the antiquity till the Byzantine (Roman) era. Even today there are a couple villages at Magna Grecia who speak a certain Greek dialect. Italians and Greeks use this same phrase that describes how connected we are " una facca, una razza" meaning same face (personality) same race. Fun fact, there are dozens of pages from Italy on facebook which promote their Greek heritage. I my self, am 1/4 Italian and 3/4 Greek :P

Βαλε του παιδιου λιγο listerin😂😂😂 πεθανα

My Greek grandfather gives me money in a very unique way one could say.. He basically plants the money in his front pocket of his shirt and just comes to me in a - not so discreet- way so I'll see it and take it(and I am always too shy to take it but he doesn't exactly leave me any choice) and then he is like.. Why did you take my moneyyyy and then he starts laughing... And you can bet he does that everytime😂he is so precious

"...and protector of the fridge" im crying :-p :-D

My grandmother is Arab, not Greek, but she thinks garlic is the answer to everything.

My son is Greek/Italian. And his Nono has his precious garden and my father is certifiably insane!! Lmao 🤣😂

Old school Greeks and Italians are scared to death of cool drafts. Like a window open in a moving car or even at home is a no go.

I am only greek but I can relate to both grandparents

Consider "yeeneka" a term of endearment reserved for a man to his wife. There is nothing sexist or demeaning about it. I typically call my wife by name, though I've used yeeneka, but I prefer "neefee mou", which means "my bride" (which, after nearly 40 yrs, brightens her mood and causes her and me to lovingly smile as we recall wedding).

I am serbian and u laughed so hard cause we kinda have simillar mentality. You made my day Tony. Bless you 💜

The reason why the Windex is funny, and even whats probably the reasoning for your pappou, is that in Greece, rubbing alcohol is used as treatment for a lot of different things, and in Greece it came blue not clear. So when Greeks come to the US and other countries, they think that what theyre using is the same because its blue.

Italians and Greeks are brothers!!!

in italy, referring to greek people, we say "one face, one race" in italian "una faccia, una razza". if it's not clear, it means that we consider greek of our own "race" (It doesn't want to be a racist thing).

To be honest I'm Portuguese and my grandmother and other relatives also put money in envelopes as a gift! I guess it's a Mediterranean thing pppft

I’m Persian, but our cultures are so similar apparently. Love Italians and Greeks!!! Peace!

The other ridiculously accurate thing from My Big Fat Greek Wedding was Greeks attributing everything to Greece. Then again, it’s true! (Clearly I am Greek)

Italian and Greek, sounds like a very handsome man to me.

your italian grandpa reminds me of my greek grandpa 😂

Mediterranean culture is LOVEEEE💕💕 Greece Italy Spain Portugal

I'm laughing so hard. My grandparents are EXACTLY like what you describe. Greek family is literally crazy

My greek grandma thought that “kókkino” (which means red and is basically a iodine tincture for anti-bacterial purposes) would cure ANYTHING When we fell and scraped ourselves she’d say «Βάλε κόκκινο να γειάνει» When something was itchy she’d say the same She used it on everyone! Humans, cats, dogs, birds She was an amazing woman, honestly

Greek and Italians, una faccia una razza !

You are 50% Greek and 50% Italian so you are 100% awesome!

I'm Serbian, and we're sort of considered a part of Mediterranean culture, or just incredibly like them. Mentality-wise very much alike and also best friends with Greeks, that could be it as well! Or I was italian in my past life 😂

I'm half Greek and half Italian, this is sooo relatable! Btw we are amazing 😂

Im greek and the italian grandad is also like my greek grandad..greeks and italians are like cousins hahaha

That moment when you introduce your Italian relatives with the following words: "You have to understand he is from a different country and from a different era." And deep down you know it's just a miserable way to explain Italian frenzy to people who grew up in a temperate society. HILARIOUS!

My grandbabies are half Greek half Irish. 2 boys, one looks Greek, one looks Irish.

I'm half Italian and half Greek, I barely have speaking English down. Lol. The food was fantastic! My Italian grandfather always give us silver dollars, I wish I would've save them all.

I just found out today that I am 61%Greek and I never knew that about me cause I never knew my Bio dad. I'm also Italian from my mom's side.

Είμαι ελληνίδα ξέρω ιταλικά και λατρεύω τα αγγλικά είναι τόσο satisfying το πως αλλάζεις από τη μια γλώσσα στην αλλη😂

I am crying out loud That was so damn funny Man I love your accent ,3 different languages and you rocked them

Bro I know you re probably trying to sound a little dramatic, but when your pappou is calling your grandma gyneka this comes from wifey (although strictly translating it means woman)...so...not so misogynist pappou you ve got there. he wouldn't dare call an other woman gyneka.

My Giagia uses NIVEA to cure everything.

You go to southern Italy in Apulia they have Grecchinos. They have been in there 500 years before Christ at the very least and southern Italy was once called Magna Grecia.

The funny thing about Santa with a Greek accent is that St Nikolas was himself born Greek, the Bishop of Myra.

OMG this was my Italian grandpa 100%... he was crazy! He also wore red socks every spaghetti night.

This is hilarouos and the comments are too! You forgot Croatia and The Balcans, very similar to Italian and Greeks. I'm from Croatia and I was raised that rakija (strong alcohol) and garlic cure everything, from a wound, stomach ache or cold/flu. I haven't had chance of meeting any of my grandfathers tho.

This is how it's done in Slovakia, no card, just cash in an envelope with your name on 😂😂😂

Βαλ'του παιδιού λίγο λιστεριν ΕΚΛΑΨΑ😂😂

One other thing MBFGW got right was Greek hospitality, they are the most generous host ever!

My greek grandma always keeps pictures of us. And one day my (also greek) grandpa looked at the wall with the pictures and asked me"Who is that little fat baby boy?"... and he start yelling at me.I was in the picture and I'm a girl. I love him.

My dad's side is Greek, mom's side is Italian. Every Sunday my mom's side gets together (usually my Poppy and sometimes Uncle) and we eat pasta! We celebrate Greek Easter and my Yia Yia makes the best food 😋

Elderly people here in Italy still use to give cash in envelopes to their grandchildren as presents. No cards, no nothing😀. Same sum for all, usually. 'you buy what you like. I couldn't guess what you like. So do as you please' they say. Love them.

When is was like 5, my Greek grandma would give my cousins and I money in envelopes on holidays and tell us to go buy "τσιγάρa". God bless her, she is the strongest woman I know other than my mom. My mom from Kastania and my dad from Athens makes me greek af lol

You just described my childhood haha “don’t touch the garden” haha

What a beautiful mediterranen man.... and then he has an Australian accent and there it is; perfection 😍

When I was a kid I got hot peppers from the garden in my eyes and my family just laughed their arses off.

The entire listerine thing is real. Dr Lister was an Army doctor, considered to be the father of modern anti sepsis that was around during the construction of the Panama Canal and did more work to protect people’s safety in difficult locations that were ripe with disease.

i'm lebanese and that makes me a mediterranean middle eastern arab form a christian family point is, my grandparents are a MIX of yours!

Una Faccia, Una Razza 🇬🇷❤🇮🇹

I didn't even get an envelope 😂. Straight cash in hand

omg I spent 10 years of my early life living in Greece and have Italian family it's so funny to hear stories to reminisce to and relate to them😊

I consider myself a Northern Greek I did a DNA test just out of curiosity expecting some Slavic or Turkish DNA in there somewhere. My results came back Greek/Italian. They actually cant tell the difference between Greek and Italian DNA guys and that's a scientific fact. Una faccia una raccia

This made me nostalgic for my Nonno, sadly he passed a year ago now

They were laughing like they were in love with him lol I can understand why though

Armenians, greeks, and italians are sooooo similar! I always am able to blend in with any of these groups easily.

LMAO! I'm half Greek too, and my Greek grandparents (who are the generation before yours, born 1902) believed Lysol was the miracle fix all. There was a can in every room of the house! My Papou was also an avid gardener, he caught me in his strawberry patch munching away and I thought he was going to kill me, but he just laughed and joined me. I swear I only got away with it because I was so young! 😂 But I really laughed at the chili pepper story, because my Papou used to chase my cousins with hot peppers and put them in their mouths to punish them for foul language! 😂 They also always gave us cash, but it was always in secret, with a finger to the mouth, shhh.. me leis tipota! This worked out great for us, because both YiaYia and Papou would do this and we never said tipota!😂😂😂

I'm so proud that I see Greek people commenting bellow. BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THIS FEELING RIGHT FELLAS? Ελληνίδα γιαγιά. Αξία ανεκτίμητη.

I laughed so hard at the "gynaika" part. So true

Us greek-Italians are actually the Best of both worlds, excuse you!!! :P

I'm a Greek Aussie who lives in the USA. My Mum is Australian and my Dad was right off the boat from Greece. When my sister and I saw My Big Fat Greek Wedding we sobbed thru a lot of it. There were a lot of exagerated things in the movie but being women with a Greek heritage I think we could probably relate more to it than you, as a man. My daughters asked me why I was crying because it's so funny. I told them "Because this was my life." And a lot of it was my life. I laughed at a lot of it and I can laugh at things in my life and things that my Dad did and said, now, looking back on it all. But, at the time, it was a constant struggle to try and be a normal kid and young woman, growing up in Australia and the United States. Everything is about reputation with the Greeks. Plus after visiting Greece and the village where my Dad grew up I can see that he and a lot of his fellow immigrants brought their old ways with them (greatly influenced by the Turks during the Turkish occupation of Greece) and stuck with them while the Greeks back home have continued to grow and change with the times and are more cosmolitan with their traditions and ideas. I used to joke about the only differece between my Dad & the Turks was that he didn't make us wear a hijab. My Big Fat Greek Wedding was written by a Greek woman who experienced these things. You as a Greek man will never be able to understand what we as Greek women went thru so please don't negate the whole movie as a made up hollywood version of Greek life when you can't possibly know what you're talking about as a man of Greek heritage.

04:07 Just like my Italian dad lol. He was always so proud of his garden. He grew daffodils in one corner and each spring when they grew, he’d cut some for me and my mother. I miss him 💜

The garden thing my cousins will NOT stop going on about how amazing his tomatoes are especially when we eat at his😂

Oh my God I love listening to you you are so amazing I am so glad I found you . As a Greek this is so much fun . I'm always surprised to see other people online that are Greek or speak the language .

All your description about the Italian grandpa fit 100% for the Greek grandpa's and grandma's, especially the cash in the envelop lol. Una faccia una raccia.

As someone half Greek and half Sicilian, I can relate.

this is great, as a Greek i had such a good laugh

10:48 😂😂😂 "and that's why you don't want to work for a Greek because they're crazy and paranoid " 110% true I should know for I am Greek

Είσαι θεϊκός! I haven't laughed that much for at least list a year! Thank you so much ❤

My Greek grandfather was very proud of his garden and his house. On a ladder painting his house the day before he died at 93 years old. Mediterraneans work hard, and live long. My friends Italian grandfather believed in Windex to heal all wounds.

Seems like Greek grandpas and Mexican grandpas are pretty similar

My nonno is the exact same way about christmas. 😂 I don’t ever wonder what I will be gifted.

My father is Italian, my mother is from Cyprus... I swear to god I hadn’t laughed this much for so long, I love this😍😂

When my Yiayia gives me money, it's like she is dealing drugs, she sneaks it into my hand or my pocket without telling my Mother!

Nonno sounds badass 😂

His italian grandfather is exactly like my greek grandfather!

I’m half Greek and half English, I’m Constantine competing against my 2 halves. One being quiet, stoic and proper, the other being Greek.

Sweet sweet memories. My nonno from Sicilia was the sweetest man for his granddaughters (me and my 2 sisters). We came to visit from Holland, not every year. He was so happy to see his son, daughter in law and his 3 grandchildren. Still mis him dearly. Tanti saluti di Maria Falcone.