Brittny Gastineau
Gastineau in 2008, image via Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 11, 1982
Ethnicity:
*father – English, Scottish, Irish, distant German, Welsh, and French Huguenot, remote Dutch
*mother – Italian, Polish/Russian/Belarusian
Brittny Gastineau is an American model, socialite, and reality television personality. She is known for starring on the reality series The Gastineau Girls and Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive.
Her father, Mark Gastineau (Marcus Dell Gastineau), is a professional football player, who played with the New York Jets. Her mother, Lisa (D’Amico), is a Manhattan socialite.
Brittny’s paternal grandfather was Ernest Cordell Gastineau (the son of Claud/Claude Ernest “Red” Gastineau and Mary Alice Judd). Brittny’s grandfather Ernest was born in Arizona. Claud was born in Oklahoma, and was the son of Joseph Earl “Joe” Gastineau and Martha Elizabeth Jordan.
Mark’s paternal grandmother was named Mary Alice Judd. Mary Alice was born in Texas.
Brittny’s paternal grandmother was Wanda Lucille Nuttall (the daughter of Cecil E. Nuttall and Julietta Delina Hurst). Wanda was born in Oklahoma. Julietta was the daughter of Pink Mitchell Hurst and Paralle/Pairlee Romines.
Brittny’s maternal grandfather is named Leo D’Amico. Leo is of Italian descent.
Brittny’s maternal grandmother is Joan Caveleski (the daughter of Joseph Covaleski/Caveleski/Kovelsky/Kowaleski and Martha Levinsky). Joseph was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Polish parents, William Covaleski/Coveleski/Kovelsky/Kowaleski and Anna Rosezyk/Kasack. Martha was born in Minsk, Belarus, then in the Russian Empire, the daughter of Ivan Levinsky and Martha/Natale/Natalia Maruga/Marnga Levaskevich.
Sources: Obituary of Brittny’s paternal grandmother, Wanda Lucille (Nuttall) Gastineau – https://falconerfuneralhome.com
Marriage record of Brittny’s maternal great-grandparents, Joseph Covaleski/Caveleski/Kovelsky/Kowaleski and Martha Levinsky – https://familysearch.org
Brittny’s maternal great-grandfather, Joseph Covaleski/Caveleski/Kovelsky/Kowaleski, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Joseph Covaleski/Caveleski/Kovelsky/Kowaleski on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Bablah, any guesses as to what is going on here, ethnically speaking?
Joseph on censi
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4KL-S83
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M614-K9P
His brother Boleslaw (Boleston on these above) was married by a Rev. Fr. Kurkowski, so I’m guessing he was Polish not Jewish.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHFQ-BX6
Can’t find anything on Martha, but Levinsky is usually Jewish. I can’t say for sure if she was Jewish though.
Oh yes, Joseph Covaleski was definitely of Polish Catholic descent. I was more confused more Martha Levinsky, although two of the top three Martha Levinskys here aren’t Jewish.
https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AMartha~%20%2Bsurname%3ALevinsky~
Lewinski can be Polish, but her being from Minsk is making me second-guess.
Better check Ancestry before their open records promotion ends tomorrow.
Minsk is in Belarus.
Her maternal grandmother was Joan Caveleski (the daughter of Joseph Caveleski and Marie). Joseph was born in New Jersey. Marie was born in Russia.
She and her mother stated that paternal grandfather Leo D’Amico is Sicilian and grandmother Joan is Russian
I would have guessed some Italian from this pic..maybe Russian means Russian Jewish?