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Help with name please

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Trying to figure out cognome of Antonino's mother Fortunata. Any opinions?
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If it's "Zimmitti" be aware that some Hebrew (Ebreo) immigrants to Italy named "Zimmer" or "Zimmerman" living in Sicily Italianized their surname to Zimmitti. So that would be a possibility in other regions too, like Calabria. Just a thought.
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Thank you, appreciate that extra interesting bit of information, very helpful.
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The first letter looks like a J in one document and an L in other, so it could be Jimmiti or Limmiti but I went with the more familiar Zimmitti. Maybe others will give it a try.
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Found it on the site with the church records from Reggio and they have it as Zinniti. Thanks for the input, the first letter had me stumped.
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