is robert de niro italian
Flowers in a Blue Vase by Robert De Niro Sr. Robert De Niro Sr. was born in Syracuse, New York, to an Italian American father, Henry Martin De Niro (1897â1976), whose parents emigrated from Ferrazzano, in the province of Campobasso, Molise, and an Irish American mother, Helen M. (nÃ©e O'Reilly; 1899â1999).