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Facinelli in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 26, 1973
Ethnicity: Italian
Peter Facinelli is an American actor, producer, and director. His roles include Can’t Hardly Wait , Nurse Jackie , and the Twilight films.
His parents, Bruna (Reich) and Pierino Facinelli, are Italian emigrants. His father is from Revò, and his mother is from Spormaggiore, which are in Trentino, Northern Italy. His niece is Italian road and track cyclist Letizia Paternoster. In 2019, he acquired Italian citizenship through jus sanguinis. Peter has three children with his former wife, actress Jennie Garth ; and a son with his fiancée, actress Lily Anne Harrison.
The surname Reich is of Germanic origin. However, in Peter’s family’s case, it traces in Italy as far as Peter’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, Tomaso Reich, who was born, c. 1606, in Spormaggiore.
Peter’s paternal grandmother was named Corinna.
Peter’s maternal grandfather was Giuseppe Reich (the son of Pompeo Reich and Teresa Vicenza Sartori di Cosotto). Pompeo was the son of Giovanni Battista Reich and Margherita Del Sas di Cavedago.
Peter’s maternal grandmother was Ersilia Eugenia Bottamedi/Bottemedi (the daughter of Bortolo Bottamedi and Maria Catellan).
Sources: http://www.people.com http://www.ladige.it
Genealogy of Peter Facinelli (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com