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It might be this person. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FJXS-19D

"Natural children" (born to single mothers) often repeated their surname to make it look as if they were legitimate children. Legally, they only had their mother surname. Legitimate children had their father surname first, then their mother's.

Here is his birth registry. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2S2-2DFB I'm fairly sure this is your Eduardo.

All of a sudden, I found this photo in my hard drive. There appear my grandparents, my grandmother's brother Juan behind, and two children I do not know. Would it be possible for you to restore it? The original has been lost and this is all I have It means a lot to me
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Hi Anto,

A simple search led me to some Limpidis Psathas people in Antofagasta, northern Chile.

Perhaps they are linked to your Dimitris Psathas, who may have renamed Demetrio Psathas, or Sazas, or Saso (which is a common surname)

They descend from Andrés Psathas Rapariakis (or Rapanakis) and Ergina Psatha Rapanakis. They are certainly dead, as one of their children was born 1937. Perhaps Andrés /and/ Ergina are cousins. Whatever they are, these are the only Psathas people in Chile.

Ruth Hesperia Mellings Olivares, aunt of Hilda Haydée, was born 21 sep 1920, and her birth was registered in the circunscription of Catalina (near Antofagasta) in 1964. The late registration may signify some trouble finding info... (accuracy, in example)

Also, there is a 1896 marriage in Antofagasta (24 jul 1896) of Pedro Merling Viltarre, 27 years old, son of Santiago Merling and Dominga Viltarre, who identifies as a Chilean (then, in the birth registry of a son, as an Englishman), a train driver, and Emilia Alfaro Bernal, 29 years old, dedicated to domestic labours, daughter of José Mercedes Alfaro and Carmen Bernal. He signs as Merling (may be a mispelling?)

I found Luisa Evarista Mellings Olivares's birth in Catalina, 1908 (RC Catalina, Nacimientos, 436, 1908).

Just a historical note: the Catalina circunscription, once named Refresco, was later renamed Salitrera Alemania, until it was supressed and annexed to the Taltal circunscription in 1977.