Hi, this is a question regarding INPS

I know absolutely nothing about US pensions, do they have such a thing as a state pension? However if it were the UK/Italy (or most other European countries), then EU apart they had/have reciprocal agreements that allow the combination of countries contributions to be used towards state pensions. Apart from that you can also claim a standalone Italian state pension if your contributions are enough to pass any minimum rules and you are of their state pension age, used to be quite low, but suspect it is not now... Then you should make a claim, no idea how you would do so.

Here is the full text of the Social Security Agreement https://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Pamphlets/italy.htmlI trust that it may help 

Thank you for your post Gala, I'm still reading through the info, but seems hopeful. Thanks again!