Birth Name: Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski
Place of Birth: Covington, Louisiana, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 19, 1980
Ethnicity:
*Polish, German, English (father)
*Italian, possibly other (mother)
Theo Von is an American stand-up comedian, television personality, host, and actor.
Theo is the son of Gina Eleanor (Capitani) and Roland Theodor Achilles von Kurnatowski. Theo has stated that his father was seventy years old at the time of his birth.
Theo’s father was born in Nicaragua, of Polish, German, and English, descent. Theo’s mother is from Wyoming, Illinois, and has Italian, and possibly other, ancestry.
Theo’s paternal grandfather was Theodor Wilhelm Leo Von Kurnatowski (the son of Leo Wilhelm Von Kurnatowski and Aurelia Nehring). Theodore was born in Warsaw, Poland, to a Polish father and a mother of German ancestry.
Theo’s paternal grandmother was Lillian Maud Whittier (the daughter of Andrew J. Whittier and Ella Codd). Andrew was the son of Nathaniel K. Whittier and Sarah Ellen. Lillian was born in Nicaragua, to American parents, of English descent.
Sources: http://www.youtube.com
Genealogy of Theo’s father, Roland Theodor Achilles von Kurnatowski – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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