Francesco
Leggio
Born in Corleone, Palermo, Italy
Ancestors 
Son of Leoluca Leggio
and Giuseppa Patti
Husband of
[private wife (1900s - unknown)]
Father of
[private son (1920s - unknown)], [private son (1930s - unknown)], Giuseppe Leggio and [private son (1930s - unknown)]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Francesco Leggio is born 21 January 1904 in Corleone, the son of Leoluca Leggio and Giuseppa Patti. Francesco is named after his paternal grandfather.
Francesco marries Maria Riina on 21 November 1926.[1]
Francesco and Maria have at least four children: Leoluca (1928), Salvatore (1932), Giuseppe (1935), and Francesco Paolo (1939).
Leoluca, named after his paternal grandfather, is born 15 February 1928.
Salvatore is born 16 February 1932.
Giuseppe is born 2 January 1935.
Francesco Paolo is born 28 August 1939.
In the late 1940s, Francesco, a known mafioso, is the gabelloto of Sant'Ippolito, a large estate in Corleone.[2]
Francesco, his brother, Vincenzo, and four of Francesco's sons appear as defendants in a 1969 trial in Bari, Italy.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Franciscus Leggio and Maria Riina, 21 November 1926, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11580-176932-63?cc=2046915 : accessed 8 May 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 203 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
- ↑ Catanzaro, Raimondo. (1988/1992). Men of Respect: A Social History of the Sicilian Mafia. Translation by Raymond Rosenthal. The Free Press (A Division of Macmillan, Inc.) New York. Print. Pp. 126-27.
- ↑ Zingales, Leone. "Provenzano: Il Re di Cosa Nostra." Accessed online 24 January 2016.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Francesco by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Francesco:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Francesco by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Francesco:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
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