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Ancient Ligurian family of which the ancient surname was Giuffra, then dialectal corruptions first transformed it into Giffra, up to today's Christianization Gifra when a branch said of the Muntanee transplanted to Novi Ligure in the second half of the XVIII century. The Giuffra founded the town of Cassanesi di Tribogna (GE) which depended on the Captaincy of Recco, where during the Republic of Genoa there was a troop of soldiers who ran to keep calm between the different families or "Parentelle" who self-governed "de facto" the respective villa (the Giuffra in Cassanesi, the Garbarino in Tribogna, the Basso in Bassi, etc.) and which were divided by a feud that harmed order and forced the families present in the territory to join one or the other faction and to maintain de facto power in one's own villa to marry only between members of the same parentage or clan. The Giuffra family had the primacy of endogamous marriages, but they also related to other families; Cuneo and Rovegno mainly. Many of their children were given to the Priesthood, parish priests not only of Cassanesi. The Giuffra still use surname nicknames to distinguish the various branches of the family: della Cappella, degli Stefani or Steanolli, dei Montanari or Muntanee etc. The progenitor of this branch is Giulio di Andrea born in Cassanesi in 1560. The Gifra have always practiced trade; Gianni born 22/10/1927 is Commander of the Republic. The family is enrolled in the Italian Heraldic Academy of which Vittorio Mario Gifra is its National Herald. This institution preserves its genealogical tree. Family motto: Spiritus durissima coquit