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Maddy DeVita recounted the sweet moment while speaking with \"Good Morning America.\"

\"It was so incredibly emotional because the pot is an heirloom for my entire family,\" she said.

She added that during the pandemic, she spent lots of time cooking with her Nonna and said \"almost all of her recipes involved the sauce pot.\"

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Maddy DeVita
PHOTO: Maddy DeVita inherits her late grandmother's sauce pot after her uncle decided to gift it following his mom's passing at 96 in December.
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In the video she posted on Instagram, DeVita says she will \"probably be hosting many, many Sunday family dinners\" in the future, \"which I am not complaining about.\"

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