Giovanni
Riina
Born in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy
Ancestors 
Son of Salvatore Riina
and Giuseppa De Luca
Brother of
Biagio Riina and Francesca Riina
Husband of
[private wife (1900s - unknown)]
Descendants 
Father of
Salvatore Riina and [private son (1930s - unknown)]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Giovanni Riina is born 23 February 1903 and baptized the next day. He is the son of Salvatore Riina and Giuseppa de Luca. His godparents are Francesco Paolo Sciortino and Marianna Provenzano, a married couple.[1]
It appears there are two men named Giovanni Riina, both sons of men named Salvatore, in the same generation in Corleone. The other Giovanni Riina, born in 1897, is the son of Paola Tutino, according to the baptismal record. He is identified with his parents' names in the matrimonial index, in a marriage to Maria Antonina Birtone on 19 November 1922.[2] The two Giovannis Riina are third cousins.
The father of Toto Riina, by process of elimination, is Riina-42. This Giovanni Riina, son of Salvatore, appears in the matrimonial index, marrying Maria Concetta Zizzo, on 9 October 1927.[3]
Giovanni and his wife, Maria Concetta, are fourth cousins.
Giovanni and Maria Concetta have at least five children, including the oldest, Salvatore (1930). The youngest is born within a month of Giovanni's death, in 1943.
Salvatore is called "Toto," and will be one of the most brutal and infamous leaders of the mafia in Corleone.
Toto Riina is named in a court document reprinted in Leone Zingales' book about Toto's associate, Bernardo Provenzano. Salvatore is called the son of the late Giovanni Riina and Maria Concetta Rizzo, born in Corleone 16 November 1930, detained 15 December 1963.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Baptism of Joannes Riina, record no. 87, 24 February 1903, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12350-77847-16?cc=2046915 : accessed 7 May 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1899-1905 > image 266 of 457; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
- ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11580-168583-87?cc=2046915 : accessed 7 May 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 274 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
- ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11580-171061-69?cc=2046915 : accessed 7 May 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 275 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
- ↑ Named in the Tribunale di Bari from 10 June 1969, and reprinted in Zingales' book. 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 Giovanni 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 Giovanni:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Giovanni 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 Giovanni:
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