Ali Fedotowsky
Ali Fedotowsky – 14th Annual Step Up Women’s Network Inspiration Awards Luncheon – Arrivals – The Beverly Hilton Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA, USA, 2017 – Photo Credit: PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Alexandra Elaine Fedotowsky
Place of Birth: Williamstown, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 16, 1984
Ethnicity:
*father – German, Russian, Ukrainian, one quarter Ashkenazi Jewish, Latvian
*mother – three quarters Italian, one quarter Irish
Ali Fedotowsky is an American television personality, correspondent, host, spokesperson, and blogger. She was a cast member of The Bachelor and Bachelorette.
Ali is the daughter of Elizabeth and Alex Fedotowsky. She was raised in North Adams and Williamstown, Massachusetts. She is married to television and radio host Kevin Manno, with whom she has two children.
Ali has said:
Happy Hanukkah everyone!!! I’m 1/8 Jewish so I like to pretend I can celebrate ;)
Ali’s paternal grandfather was Leonide/Leonid Fedotowsky/Fedows-Fedotowsky (the son of Paul/Pavel Fedotowsky and Maria Prezwier/Mazprecnieks). Leonid was born in Riga, Latvia, and was an Orthodox Christian. Pavel was born in Riga, to a Russian father, Fedor Yakovlevich Fedotowsky, and a Ukrainian mother, Daria Fedorovna Konoval. Ali’s great-grandmother Maria was born in Liepaja, Latvia, the daughter of Samuel Mazprecnieks and Antonia, who herself was born in Königsberg, Germany, now Kaliningrad, Russia.
Ali’s paternal grandmother was Emily/Emilie Hauser (the daughter of Karl Hauser and Frieda Kubler). Emily was born in Stuttgart, Germany, and was at one a point a member of an Apostolic church.
Ali’s maternal grandfather was Richard Vincent Daly, Jr. (the son of Richard Vincent Daly and Maria Maddalena “Marie” Calamari). Ali’s grandfather Richard was born in Middletown, Connecticut. Ali’s great-grandfather Richard was born in Middletown, to Irish parents, Thomas J. Daly and Maria Doran. Maria was born in Harlem, New York, to Italian parents, Filippo Isidoro Calamari/Callamari and Luigia Angela Casella, who were from Cattaragna, Ferriere, province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna.
Ali’s maternal grandmother was Sylvia Sarah Giuditta (the daughter of Alfredo Emanuel “Alfred” Giuditta and Anna DiMaria/DiMarino). Sylvia was born in Connecticut, to parents from Summonte, province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. Alfredo was the son of Nicola Giuditta and Silvestra Marra.
Sources: https://www.ancestry.ca
AEF DP registration record of Ali’s paternal grandfather, Leonide/Leonid Fedotowsky/Fedows-Fedotowsky – https://collections.arolsen-archives.org
Death record of Ali’s paternal grandfather, Leonide/Leonid Fedotowsky/Fedows-Fedotowsky – https://nl.findagrave.com
Obituary of Ali’s paternal grandmother, Emily/Emilie (Hauser) Fedotowsky – http://www.legacy.com
Genealogy and obituary of Ali’s maternal grandfather, Richard Vincent Daly – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Ali’s maternal grandfather, Richard Vincent Daly – https://www.legacy.com
Biography of Ali’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Luigia Angela Casella – https://www.italiangenealogy.com
Obituary of Ali’s maternal grandmother, Sylvia Sarah (Giuditta) Daly – https://www.familysearch.org
She is likely related to Joseph Mazzello through their shared Callamari/Calamari lines from the small village of Ferriere (Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna). The one-hit wonder Peter Cincotti has also roots there.
That is kinda impressive for a small hilly village in the Apennines.
Some info about that family:
https://www.italiangenealogy.com/forum/topic/16008
https://it.findagrave.com/memorial/47560581/filippo_isidoro_calamari
Leonide/Leonid Fedotowsky/Fedows-Fedotowsky (the son of Paul/Pavel Fedotowsky and Maria Prezwier/Mazprecnieks). Leonid was born in Riga, Latvia. Pavel was the son of Fedor Yakovlevich Fedotowsky and Daria Fedorovna Konoval. Pavel was born in Riga, to a Russian father and an Ukrainian mother.
Ali’s great-grandmother Maria was born in Liepaja, Latvia, to Samuel Mazprecnieks and Antonia, who was born in Königsberg, Germany, now Kaliningrad, Russia.
https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/search/person/67022346?s=Fedotowsky&t=2737192&p=0
If Ali’s father quater Jewish, so i not sure from which side, since Leonid and Pavel listed as Orthodox, Emilie listed as Apostolic in migration record and member of of St. John’s Episcopal Church in her obituary. Maybe Maria?
Definitely sounds like there is some ethnic Latvian in there throughl the “Mazprecnieks” line. Not sure I’ve ever seen “Prezwier.”
And regardless of whatever Königsberg is now, at the time and definitely before, you had Polish and Lithuainian underlying the Prussian/German colonization hundreds of years earlier.
Perhaps Karl Hauser was Jewish.
Maria seems Jewish to me.
Highly doubt Leonid was ethnic Latvian, at least full.
1.His full name is definitely Eastern Slavic (Belarussian/Russian/Ukrainian) and not Baltic
2. He was Eastern Orthodox https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/240704307/leonid-fedotowsky
3. His eldest son Andre (Ali’s uncle) ,who was born in Riga, spoke Russian but not Latvian
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/venturacountystar/name/andre-fedotowsky-obituary?id=33075741
Ali’s maternal grandfather was Richard Vincent Daly (the son of Richard Vincent Daly and Maria Maddalena “Marie” Calamari). Ali’s grandfather Richard was born in Connecticut. Ali’s great-grandfather Richard was born in Connecticut, to parents from Ireland, Thomas J. Daly and Maria Doran. Maria was born in New York, to parents from Italy, Filippo Isidoro Calamari and Luigia Angela Casella, who were from Cattaragna, Ferriere, province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna.
Ali’s maternal grandmother was Sylvia Sarah Giuditta (the daughter of Alfredo Emanuel “Alfred” Giuditta and Anna DiMaria/DiMarino). Sylvia was born in Connecticut, to parents from Summonte, province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. Alfredo was the son of Nicola Giuditta and Silvestra Marra.
Obituary of Ali’s maternal grandfather, Richard Vincent Daly – https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/hartfordcourant/name/richard-daly-obituary?id=28032331
Obituary of Ali’s maternal grandmother, Sylvia Sarah (Giuditta) Daly – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPM-8J64