Morano was born in 1877 in Prata in the Italian region of Campania. According to immigration documents he entered the U.S. two times. Once in 1892 and permanently in 1912. The first time he came to the United States, Morano, a professional barber, arrived on 1 June 1892 on the "Chandernagor" coming from the port of Naples, with his father Giuseppe (46, laborer) and his two-years younger brother Francesco. The family settled in New York, where a large community from Avellino already lived.