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My great-great-grandpa’s name seems to have been Pellerino, but this is a surname and Italians don’t have a history of deviating from the list of acceptable given names. It’s not his mother’s surname and Google can’t find anyone who has it as a first name. I thought for a while that it was a misspelling of Pellegrino, since I’m restricted to American sources and the people writing his name may not have understood his accent or something, but looking back on what I have on him, there are no instances in which a “g” is present. His name was recorded as Pellerino on his death certificate and Palerino, Pelle (abbreviation?) and Pillerine elsewhere.

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He was born ca 1876 in Baiano, Avellino, about 30 minutes from Naples. Is it regional, maybe? Am I just missing instances of people who have it as a first name?

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Rusty Shackleford is my real identity. My name is not Katie.