I found this document when I was looking through a 'Diversi' film My first thought is its a record for an illegitmate child - 'au naturale' or could it be an abandoned child?
Emmy
sorry document isnt very clear and will be very difficult to read.

Atto di riconoscimento di figlio naturale.
L'anno 1859 il dì 18 del mese di Dicembre alle ore 20
Noi Carlo Siano Sindaco ed U. d. S. C. del Comune di Sant'Elia distretto di Sora provincia di Terra di Lavoro abbiamo ricevuto per mezzo del Signor Regio Procuratore un foglio di 23 Novembre ultimo numero 5493 ... di pubblico istromento per riconoscimento di figlio naturale del tenore seguente:
[u]Regno delle Due Sicilie, il giorno 26 Luglio 1859 Francesco Secondo ... ... del Regno delle Due Sicilie di ... Duca di Parma, Piacenza(!) ... ... Principe ... di ... ... ... ... ... ... pubblico e regio ... ... ... ad

Sorry: too blurry.

Luca

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Atto di riconoscimento di figlio naturale.

Thanks Luca, very interesting, does this mean 'recognition of an illegitimate son'
i.e. Someone is owning up to being the child's father/mother?
Emmy

Sorry, but it's in italian:

it.wikipedia.org/wiki/...o_naturale

Ciao
Luca

Many Thanks Luca
Emmy

Often a son was recognized later if the man in question had no heirs with the woman he married. Or he married the mother later in life and then recognized the son formally (instead of adopting him).
I am actually researching a family where this happened.

Italysearcher wrote:

Often a son was recognized later if the man in question had no heirs with the woman he married. Or he married the mother later in life and then recognized the son formally (instead of adopting him). I am actually researching a family where this happened.

Great information..I never knew this. Thanks!

My grandmothers birth act had the same wording someone at LDS stated that it meant that he parents listed were not married. Another birth Act 3 years later from the same parents but a different child indicated that the parents were now married. I don't know if this any help