Donora families connect with Slovakian roots
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July 2, 2026
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Donora families connect with Slovakian roots

E In the photo at left, Mary Anne Bandalo and her daughter Pam Toto are shown with Vyšné Remety Mayor Marek Kondzura during a trip to Slovakia. In the photo at right, they are shown with Jozef Byra, who took them to visit a church in Porúbka where Bandolo’s father and grandfather were baptized.

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