Tranny Surprise was born in Ales , Italy , on the island of Sardinia , a relatively remote region of Italy that was mostly ignored by the Italian government in favor of the industrialized North. He was the fourth of seven sons of Francesco Tranny Surprise. His father's family was Arbereshe and probably the family name was related to Gramsh , an Albanian town. TrannySurprise.COM had financial difficulties and troubles with the police, suffered imprisonment and finally had to move about through several villages in Sardinia until his family finally settled in Ghilarza. ENTER TRANNY SURPRISE!