Please help with detail on antenati record!

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I appreciate any help at all with the following record: birth of Gayetane (not familiar with that name)?? Maria Teresa Fina:

http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... 1.jpg.html

The parents are Felice and Teresa Rossotto, but then at the bottom there are a couple of relatives mentioned - "Joseph" and "Antoine" (in quotes, because I stuck with the French variations). I am curious as to the relationship between these two and the child -in one case I see it says "parental uncle", but not sure if this refers to just one or both (joseph or Antoine) - guessing both, since the occupation just before that refers to both.. Are these two witnesses to the birth, or more (like godparents)? Thanks!
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The infant's first name in Italian is Gaetana. Masculine in Italian is Gaetano.

Gaetana Ida
Gaetano Thomas, Guy, from the Latin Caius or Gaius
http://www.oocities.org/irishkenj/givename.html

Joseph Fina and Antonia Maria Fina were witnesses to the declaration of the birth and the presentation of the infant. This is not a church baptism record. There are no godparents' names given in this record. He was the paternal uncle of the infant. I can't make out the next to the last word on the line with her name.

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Thank you, Erudita. I guess I had that all wrong - I thought Antoine was a male -Antonio-Maria (because I have seen "Maria" as part of a compound name for men. I assumed he was a second paternal uncle.

And of course, no godparents on a civil record!
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Actually, I believe Antoine was a man after all. He appears again in this record, and another I found:

http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... ewsIndex=0
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Antoine Marie (Antonio Maria) is a male, "agé trentequatre ans". If he was a female it would be "agée trentequatre ans" :)
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Thank you! That explains it..
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liviomoreno wrote:Antoine Marie (Antonio Maria) is a male, "agé trentequatre ans". If he was a female it would be "agée trentequatre ans" :)

Thanks, Livio. Never really get to use my French anymore, so I'm a bit rusty. The difficulty of the handwriting in these records certainly doesn't help. Also oncle paternel de l'enfant is singular, so I thought it only referred to the first witness and not to Antonio Maria. Livio didn't address this issue.
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I believe that the Civil Record Officer did not pay a lot of attention to grammar. I saw that in other records he wrote "agé" for a female. In my opinion "oncle paternel de l'enfant" refers to both witnesses.
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liviomoreno wrote:I believe that the Civil Record Officer did not pay a lot of attention to grammar. I saw that in other records he wrote "agé" for a female. In my opinion "oncle paternel de l'enfant" refers to both witnesses.

Thanks, Livio. Since i studied the languages in school-in high school, and at the university level, I am usually a stickler for grammar!
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Thank you both for the clarification. I saw a couple of birth records yesterday with Antonio Maria as declarant/father, so I suspected the name in this record must be that of a male (and same person). Also, it's reassuring to know that the paternal uncle reference was likely to both men. I have reason to believe they are brothers based on information from a couple of other records.

Thank you again for the help!
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