A thought;
Father in law told me that some people down the pit and in the local Working Men’s Club used to refer to him as ‘the little Italian’. Apparently he didn’t like this and denied it furiously. In fact father in law met an Italian girl when he was in Italy in WW2 and wanted to marry her and his father was livid and refused to have him home again if he did. The dutiful son did as he was told.
He obviously didn’t like Italians.
DNA results show me as 100% English, elder daughter 97% English and 3% Irish, younger daughter shows as 85% English, 5% Irish, 8% French and 2% Italian.
So, there’s for Foreign blood there somewhere and it’s not my side. Irish is possibly my mother in law as her Stanbridge’s from Oxfordshire was Catholic. I’ve not found an Irish link yet but the Catholic records for the area are sparse. OH Year’s ago went to the area and saw the priest and got very little. It’s pre census I’d need.
Was Peter Italian or part Italian, or even French?
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