From wife to servant then widow, but is she my GGM?

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I am not sure how to proceed. Santina Mazzoni and her "husband" are presenting several problems for me. I have much of this documented and sourced at familyntree, but unsure as to how to proceed on wiki tree. I am hoping DNA may make some of this picture clearer eventually.

A summary of what I do know:

- Allesandro Cavellini was married in Italy to Marianna Ricci. Their marriage records had a notation stating that their union legitimized the birth of their son. They then have one other son.

- After this marriage Allesandro is found in the US 1910 census with "Sarah" listed as the wife with two new children. Wasn't sure this was the same people at first.

- Found PA birth indice showing Santina Mazzoni and Allexandro Cavallini as the parents of one of the boys from the 1910 census.

- 1920 US Census, same location - Allesandro is shown with his wife (Marianna) and a few more children with Santina Mazzoni listed as a servant. Delphin/Dolphin/Adolpho is listed on the 1920 census and was born in 1910/1911, but I am unable to find him in the birth indices for PA to prove or disprove which woman is the mother. (Indices end after 1911)

-Allesandro Cavallini dies later in 1920.

- 1920 immigration papers for Marianna Cavallini show her listed as a widow

- 1930 census shows Santina Cavallini as a widow with the youngest children

To see source documents used, please see family tree id: LRCZ-XWV (Allesandro Cavallini). I am trying to figure out how to handle this before adding source documents here.

Anything you could advise me in regards to how to document or further research this would be greatly appreciated.
WikiTree profile: Santina Cavallini
in Genealogy Help by Kathy Clark G2G Crew (370 points)
Santina was my great grandmother..Her son Joseph was my grandfather.I have recently learned he was adopted by Alessandro but I am thinking that Alessandro was already his biological father.He and Santina had five children.Joseph, Delphin,Frank, Lydia,Isabel. My grandfather Joseph was born in 1906. Both families lived in the same town! and came from the same region in March Italy.
If you have had DNA testing done, please let me know if we possibly match. I have tested on 23andme and ancestry, plus results are uploaded to gedmatch.

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