Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  An haifi Madonna ne ga iyayen Katolika Madonna Louise (née Fortin) da Silvio Anthony "Tony" Ciccone a Bay City, Michigan a ranar 16 ga watan Agusta, 1958. Iyayen mahaifinta 'yan gudun hijirar Italiya ne daga Pacentro, yayin da mahaifiyarta ke da asalin Faransa-Kanada. Tony ya yi aiki a matsayin injiniyan injiniya ga Chrysler da General Motors. Tun da Madonna tana da suna iri ɗaya da mahaifiyarta, danginta suna kiranta "Little Nonni". Madonna daga baya yayi sharhi game da sunanta, "Ta yaya zan iya zama wani abu sai dai abin da ake kira Madonna? Da na zama wata zuhudu ko kuma wannan". Tana da manyan 'yan'uwa biyu, Anthony da Martin, da ƙananan' yan'uwa uku, Paula, Christopher, da Melanie. Bayan an tabbatar da ita a cikin Cocin Katolika a cikin 1966, ta ɗauki Veronica a matsayin sunan tabbatarwa. An haife ta ne a cikin unguwannin Detroit na Pontiac da Avon Township (yanzu Rochester Hills). Watanni kafin mahaifiyarta ta mutu daga cutar sankarar mama a shekara 30 a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 1963, Madonna ta lura da canje-canje a cikin halayyarta da halayyarta, kodayake ba ta fahimci dalilin ba. Mahaifiyarta ta rasa yadda za ta bayyana yanayin rashin lafiyarta, kuma sau da yawa yakan fara kuka lokacin da Madonna ta tambaye ta game da shi. Madonna daga baya ta yarda cewa ba ta fahimci ra'ayin mahaifiyarta ba. Madonna ta juya ga kakarta don ta'aziyya. 'Yan'uwan Ciccone sun ƙi masu kula da gida kuma sun yi tawaye ga duk wanda aka kawo cikin gidansu wanda suke tunanin zai yi ƙoƙarin ɗaukar matsayin mahaifiyarsu ƙaunatacciya. Madonna daga baya ta gaya wa Vanity Fair cewa ta ga kanta a matasanta a matsayin "yarinya mai kaɗaici wanda ke neman wani abu. Ban kasance mai tawaye ba a wata hanya. Na damu da kasancewa mai kyau a wani abu. Ban aske gashin kaina ba kuma ban yi kwalliya ba kamar yadda 'yan mata suke yi. Amma na yi karatu kuma na samu maki masu kyau... Ina so in zama wani". Tsoro cewa mahaifinta Tony za a iya dauka daga gare ta, Madonna sau da yawa ba zai iya barci ba sai dai idan ta kusa da shi.  Tambaya: Menene matsayin Tony a Chrysler da General Motors?
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