{"id":14597,"date":"2017-10-13T19:08:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T19:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rootsfinder.com\/blog\/?p=14597"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:03:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:03:22","slug":"solved-family-mystery-solved-two-lost-boys-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rootsfinder.com\/blog\/solved-family-mystery-solved-two-lost-boys-found\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Solved It: Family Mystery Solved! Two Lost Boys Found"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"DiAnn Iamarino Ohama, blog author from the website Family Tree Advice<\/a>, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing \u201cHow I Solved It Series\u201d.<\/p>\n

This blog solves the mystery through wondering what happened to her Italian family that traveled back and forth between the US and Italy and apparently left behind two children born in the US. Through thorough research in various records, she was able to piece together their lives and create an accurate timeline.<\/p>\n

Months ago I wrote about a family story that’s not at all uncommon among immigrant families. (See Searching for the Missing Link in Your Family Tree<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

My great aunt Stella and her husband Attilio had the same last name\u2014Sarracino. Stella told me they had permission to marry because they were absolutely not related.<\/div>\n
That wasn’t quite true. They weren’t closely related, so it was OK for them to marry. But they were indeed cousins.<\/div>\n
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Attilio Sarracino’s 1907 U.S. birth was recorded in Italy in 1909.<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I discovered this when I traced Attilio’s parents to the same little hamlet in Italy where my great aunt’s parents were born. It’s the frazione<\/em> of Pastene in the comune<\/em> of Sant’Angelo a Cupolo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I’d already collected the Pastene birth records for Stella Sarracino’s parents\u2014my great grandparents. (See How to Use the Online Italian Genealogy Archives<\/a>.) Then I found the Pastene birth records for Attilio’s parents, Carmine and Maria Rosa dell’Aquila.<\/div>\n
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Carmine and Maria Rosa’s story is interesting:<\/div>\n