Birth Name: Daniel Luca Vettori
Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Birth: 27 January 1979
Ethnicity: Italian, possibly other (father), English, Scottish, Irish (mother)
Family Background: Daniel Vettori is a retired cricketer who played for the New Zealand cricket team. He was the captain of New Zealand between 2007 and 2011.
Daniel is the son of Renzo Guido Vettori and Robyn Patricia Allely.
Daniel’s father has Italian ancestry, from Roncone, Province of Trento, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy.
Daniel’s maternal grandparents were Peter Calvert Allely and Nancy June Hunter (the daughter of Clifford Lorrie Hunter and Theresa Anne Gertrude “Annie” Pye). Annie was the daughter of England-born Charles Pye and of Teresa Agnes “Tessa” Thorpe, Tessa’s father, Richard Thorpe, was born in Southampton, England, while her mother, Ann Ryan, was born in Cork, Ireland.
The “Hunter” line can be traced back to Gardner Hunter, born c.1830 in Dundee, Scotland, and to his wife, Betsy Jane Newth, born in Wiltshire, England.
Source: http://www.pyenet.co.nz/familytrees/pye-kelly/gp275.html#head4