My great-grandfather was adopted (left for dead) on the French-Italian border. He was named Camilo Dolceacqua after the family. We have been unable to find any birth documents. He moved to England (where I now live) and owned a business in Islington during Victorian era. He married Maria Benevento, my great-grandmother, and then they went to America after having three children, born in England. My question is that we really don't know his nationality or where he or his parents were from. I want to know more about Italian adoptions during that time-period. Any suggestions? Does anyone know why a child would have been left, during that time, besides the common idea that he was the child of a priest?
Thank you