Birth Name: Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
Birth Place: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Date of Birth: June 6, 1967
Ethnicity: Italian (paternal grandfather), English, Dutch, Irish, distant Scottish, remote French
Paul Giamatti is an American actor. He starred in the films Sideways and Cinderella Man.
Paul’s paternal grandfather was of Italian descent. The remainder of Paul’s ancestry is mostly English, along with Dutch, Irish, more distant Scottish, and remote French, descent.
Paul’s paternal grandparents were Valentine John Giamatti (the son of Angelo Raffaelle Giammattei and Maria Grace Luigia Lavorgna) and Mary Claybaugh Walton (the daughter of Bartlett Walton and Helen Buffum Davidson). Valentine’s parents were both Italian. Mary was of mainly English descent, with remote Scottish roots.
Paul’s maternal grandparents were Abram Edward Smith (the son of David T. Smith and Mary Elizabeth Stansfield) and Kathryn Brown (the daughter of Commodore Alfred Brown and Nettie). David was of heavily Dutch descent, along with English, and very remote French, roots. Mary was the daughter of an English immigrant father, and a mother of likely English descent. Commodore Alfred Brown’s father was born in Canada, and his mother was born in Ireland. Nettie was born in New York.
Sources: Genealogy of Paul (focusing on his father) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Paul’s genealogy (with detailed information on his mother’s lineage) – http://www.geni.com
Some of Paul’s mother’s Dutch ancestors – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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