Chapter 50
“Our people have searched all of Italy for an official birth record,” Father said, “but the name Sergio is simply too common.”
“What about church records?” I said.
“That is somewhat more difficult,” Father said, “but they are proceeding slowly and in ever widening circles from their starting point in the vicinity of the place where he was first housed.”
“Something just occurred to me,” I said.
“Are you going to share it?” Dani said.
“Remember the blood drives we supported in the USA and elsewhere shortly after Dani and I first moved here?”
“Certainly,” Father said.
“Perhaps it’s time we did something similar in Italy.”
“We might even turn up more of Maria’s relatives,” Dani said.
“Or previously unknown descendants of Father,” I said.
“True.”
“What about Sergio’s father?” I said.
“What about him?” Dani said.
“Do you know which one of my many cousins fathered Sergio?”
“He’s not in my database.”