Finding someone who's Italian usually isn't hard to do because we tend to stick out like a sore thumb. Most people know Italians for their awesome food, beautiful country, difficult language, and dark features. What they don't know are the underlying secrets of what it's really like to be an Italian. If you can relate to at least one of these, have no fear you're Italian as can be.

1. You can't leave a family function without temporary eardrum damage

It's natural for Italians to be loud but let's face it-loud is an understatement. Every single member of your family speaks as though they're at a rock concert even when they're sitting right next to you.

2. You're tan year round

Steer clear of bronzer ladies because your skin will stay naturally golden all year (making your friends extremely jealous).

3. You can't resist a home-cooked meal

Coming home from college knowing you're about to enter a food coma is truly an awesome feeling. After all, no one makes better meatballs than grandma does.

4. Pasta is a staple food in your house

Not sure what to have for lunch? Make pasta. What should you have for dinner? Make pasta. Having a large group of people over and not sure what to cook? Make pasta.

5. Taking Italian in middle school made you feel like a badass

Showing off to your family by forming simple sentences always made you the center of attention at dinnertime.

6. Being tall is scarce in your family

You were probably the same height as your grandma by the time you were a teenager (if not a foot taller).

7. Your first question when you get to a restaurant is "where's the bread?"

Your inner savage comes out once the bread is put on the table making your friends wonder if you've eaten for the past week.

8. Holiday dessert is incomplete without struffoli

Nothing says happy holidays like a giant bowl of crispy, sugary balls of dough.

9. Your last name is constantly being butchered

Whether it's being mispronounced or misspelled, your last name is something people just can't seem to get correct.

10. You have no idea who certain relatives are

Showing up to a family function and having five different adults hug and kiss you and tell you they haven't seen you since you were "this big" and having absolutely NO clue who they are.

11. Sauce is identified as gravy

Ahhhh the ongoing debate-is it gravy or sauce? The world may never know.

12. Christmas Eve "dinner" beings at 2:00 p.m.

Dinner is usually served sometime in the late afternoon and lasts until midnight, not to mention you have never heard of half of the kinds of fish being served.

13. Your family photo ends up looking like the end scene from "The Shining"

Taking a group photo seems to be more complex than assembling a spacecraft due to the dozens and dozens of family members.

14. Mozzarella cheese is it's own food group

Let's face it, you could eat a ball of fresh mozzarella like an apple.