IT HAS NOT BEEN FIGURED OUT IF THE PUPPO FAMILY AND THE CARUSO FAMILY ARE RELATED OR WERE VERY CLOSE FRIENDS. THE FACTS ARE THAT WHILE IN LOUSIANNA THE TWO FAMILIES WORKED TOGETHER AND THEN MOVED TO TEXAS AT THE SAME TIME AND STAYED IN THE SAME AREAS. THE PUPPOS SON JOHN B. AND HIS WIFE CAROLYN (CARRIE),EVENTUALLY BECAME SPONSORS AT ANTHONY'S SON JOSEPH'S BAPTIZMAL IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

JOHN V. PUPPO WAS A FISHERMAN IN LOUSIANNA WHO IT APPEARED WORKED WITH OR SUPERVISED CHARLES CARUSO SR., ANTHONY'S FATHER. WHEN JOHN V.'S SISTER WAS WIDOWED SHE GAVE HIM HER FISHMARKET IN GALVESTON. CHARLES SR WORKED AS A BOATMAN.

CAROLINE(CARRIE)AND JOHN B. PUPPO (JOHN V'S SON) WERE MARRIED IN 1907. THEY ARE DOCUMENTED AS SPONSORS ON CHARLE'S GRANDSON, ANTHONY'S SON JOSEPH JOHN CARUSO'S BAPTIZMAL DOCUMENT DATED APRIL 19,1908 FROM THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ST.MARY'S CATHEDRAL..GALVESTON,TEXAS.