Birth Name: Daniel Luca Vettori
Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Birth: 27 January 1979
Ethnicity:
*Italian (father)
*English, Scottish, Irish (mother)
Daniel Vettori is a retired cricketer. He played for the New Zealand cricket team, and was the captain of New Zealand between 2007 and 2011.
Daniel is the son of Robyn Patricia (Allely) and Renzo Guido Vettori.
Daniel’s father is of Italian ancestry, from Roncone, Province of Trento, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy.
Daniel’s paternal grandparents were Diego Vettori and Dorina. They moved to New Zealand in 1956.
Daniel’s maternal grandparents were Peter Calvert Allely and Nancy June Hunter (the daughter of Clifford Lorrie Hunter and Theresa Anne Gertrude “Annie” Pye). Theresa was the daughter of England-born Charles Pye, and of Teresa Agnes “Tessa” Thorpe. Teresa’s father, Richard Thorpe, was born in Southampton, England, while Teresa’s mother, Ann Ryan, was born in Cork, Ireland.
The “Hunter” line can be traced back to Gardner Hunter, who was born, c. 1830, in Dundee, Scotland, and to his wife, Betsy Jane Newth, born in Wiltshire, England.
Sources: Genealogy of Daniel Vettori (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.pyenet.co.nz