Maybe a last grasp at Peter Henry Harrison

[Mary from Italy]

Do you mean in the UK? This is the Italian surname distribution site, but it's based on the current phone book:

https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani

[Anstey Nomad]

Mille grazia!

[Merry]

I've just read back part of this thread but not all of it, so apologies if this has been said before (I would think most things have been said before!) - I got to the part where it was suggested, because of the DNA info, his father was probably Italian and could the fact that Italians would generally be Catholic be an issue? Wouldn't it be more likely that a Catholic family might not want one of their offspring in a relationship with a non-Catholic than the other way round? So might it be that his mother was the (Catholic) Italian and her family refused to accept the relationship/child?

[Mary from Italy]

Originally Posted by Anstey Nomad

Mille grazia!

There are quite a lot of Italian records online now, so if you want to post the names of the towns involved, I can have a look to see what's available.