Raffaele was born in December 1873 in Italy. He became a US citizen on May 14, 1898. He lived in Boston, MA and Portland, ME. He worked as a laborer, foreman, and grocer/shopkeeper to support his large family.
Sources
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4JF-NF4 : accessed 3 December 2016), Raeffaele Leo, Ward 3, Boston, Boston City, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-95, sheet 1A, line 31, family 10, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1660.
"United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXR9-ZLZ : 3 December 2014), Raffaele Leo, 1898; citing Massachusetts, NARA microfilm publication M1299 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 82; FHL microfilm 1,429,752.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230238894/raffaele-leo: accessed 30 July 2023), memorial page for Raffaele Leo (1873–1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 230238894, citing Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Avellino Roots (contributor 46797866).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Raffaele 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 Raffaele: