Place of Birth: Louisiana
Date of Birth: 1975
Ethnicity:
*Italian, Polish (father)
*Spanish, along with Italian, German, French, English (mother)
Nic Pizzolatto is an American author. His father is of half Italian and half Polish ancestry. His mother has a lot of Spanish ancestry, along with Italian (from her own great-grandmother), German, French, and English, ancestry.
Nic’s paternal grandparents were Nicholas Pizzolatto (the son of Salvatore/Samuel Pizzolatto and Josephine Grado) and Suzanne Stanek (the daughter of Michal Stanek and Stefania Suzanne Bobowski). Salvatore and Josephine were Italian, from Chiusa Sclafani, in Sicily. Michal and Stefania were Polish.
Nic’s maternal grandparents were Austin Viadero Sierra, Jr. (the son of Austin Viadero Sierra and Alma Lizette Pons) and Yska Marie Elliot (the daughter of Joseph Berchman Francis Elliot and Enola Marie Hanemann). Nic’s great-grandfather Austin was a Spanish immigrant. Alma’s father had German and Spanish ancestry. Alma’s mother, Carmela Catalano, was Italian. Yska’s ancestry included German, Spanish, French, and English.
Sources: Nic’s paternal grandfather, Nicholas Pizzolatto, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Nic’s maternal grandfather, Austin Viadero Sierra, Jr., on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Nic’s maternal grandmother, Yska Marie Elliot, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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