All the kids share the same father Loreto, except Nancy, born to Maria's first husband Nicholas Salvucci.
All the kids share the same mother, Maria, except Harry & Vi, born to Loreto's first wife Donata (Rufo).
Harry & Vi are then 1/2 brother/sister to the next four, Christine, Ann, Clara & Sonny. (1/2 because they share only the same father)
Nancy is also 1/2 sister to the next four (1/2 because she shares only the same mother).
But Harry & Vi are not related (by blood) to Nancy, nor she to them because...
Harry & Vi are born to Loreto & Donata. Nancy to Nicholas & Maria. Therefore Harry & Vi are step brother & sister to Nancy since they do not share a parent!
A quick note about Loreto's second wife. We know his first wife Donata dies leaving him with Harry & Vi. We have no "proof," in the form of a marriage document that he marries her sister upon going back to San Donato, outside of what was told & back then men & women did not "live together," so it is most likely true. But it is known that's what a "good woman," did. She would help raise the children of a deceased family member & since she was unmarried it would've been the proper thing to do. She dies of tuberculosis within months.
A photo of Loreto & Maria with all six children was never taken, at least none we know of. I wanted to create a "realistic,"snap shot of what it might look like. The problem is I only have a few images of each sibling but everyone had to appear from the same era. I have one photo of Clara as a young woman which is her wedding day. Using that as the theme I began the process using the photo below to "drop in," siblings. The steps allowed me to position the family in a more life like pose while the stairs created a depth of field.
You'll notice Maria's hands on Harry's shoulders. When I transferred her & Loreto over from another photo I just kept her hands there. To make the image more realistic look at how Harry's coat flows over Sonnys.
The original photo of Nancy was taken from her lap up. The way she's featured here she needs to extend her dress. How ironc her own son would be so helpful. Copying Matty's black tux pants from another image I was able create her long black dress.
Here is our Family Tree (minus great grandparents).
Click on the image to see it full size & to print it as your keepsake.
Here are our great grandparents. There are no photos of the four of them together. There are no photos of Loreto's parents that we know of. The image you see of them here (darker clothes) is from a painting which is believed to be them. I combined the four:
Salvatore Cedrone & Christine Camilli.
Loreto Cellucci & Antoinette DiBona.
