Peter Scanavino
Peter Scanavino – Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame 27th Anniversary Gala – Arrivals – Grand Hyatt New York, 109 E 42nd Street – New York City, NY, USA, 2017 – Photo Credit: Lisa Holte / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Peter Muller Scanavino
Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 29, 1980
Ethnicity: Italian (one quarter), French, German, Danish, English, smaller amounts of Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Welsh
Peter Scanavino is an American actor. He stars as NYPD Detective Dominick Carisi, Jr. on the series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Peter is the son of Pieretta/Pierrette and David Scanavino, a urologist. His father was born in Illinois. His mother was born in France. He was raised in Evergreen, Colorado, a community on the foothills of Denver. He is married to painter Lisha Bai, with whom he has three children.
Peter’s paternal grandfather is John Otto Scanavino (the son of Pvt. Angelo Alphonso/Alfonso Scanavino and Rosa Anna Vallero/Valero). John was born in Illinois, to Italian parents. Angelo was born in Torino, Piedmont, the son of Ottavio Scanavino and Caterina Quarello. The surname Scanavino is mostly common in Piedmont.
Peter’s paternal grandmother was Dorothy Marie Jensen (the daughter of Frederick Waldemar Jensen and Ruby Esther Storm). Dorothy was born in Shelby County, Illinois. Frederick was the son of Danish immigrants, Christian Jensen and Caroline Nelson. Ruby was the daughter of John Harvey Storm and Hannah Hiatt, and had deep roots in the U.S., with English, and some Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, and Welsh, ancestry.
Peter’s maternal grandfather is named Victor Monasse.
Peter’s maternal grandmother is named Paulette Muller.
Source: Marriage record of Peter’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org
Peter’s parents marriage record (David John Scanavino and Pierrette Jeanne Monasse):
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29W-MM29
Peter’s paternal grandparents are/were John Scanavino and Dorothy M. Jensen.
Peter’s maternal grandparents are/were Victor Monasse and Paulette Muller.
I have a sense that Peter’s mother, Pierrette, is a French immigrant, or at least the daughter of French immigrants, since they do not appear in the U.S. censuses.
Based on surnames, Peter also has French, Danish and German ancestry.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/GNWJ-9LK
Peter’s paternal grandfather is/was John Otto Scanavino (the son of Pvt. Angelo Alphonso/Alfonso Scanavino and Rosa Anna Vallero/Valero). John was born in Illinois to Italian immigrants. Angelo was born in Torino, Piedmont, the son of Ottavio Scanavino and Caterina Quarello.
Peter’s paternal grandmother was Dorothy Marie Jensen (the daughter of Frederick Waldemar Jensen and Ruby Esther Storm). Dorothy was born in Shelby County, Illinois. Frederick was the son of Danish immigrants, Christian Jensen and Caroline Nelson. Ruby was the daughter of John Harvey Storm Hannah Hiatt, and had deep lines in America.
*Ruby Esther Storm’s ancestry was: English, some Scottish, Scot-Irish, German and Welsh
John Harvey Storm *and* Hannah Hiatt
His paternal grandfather is from Turin according to some websites. It seems right.