Drew Pinsky
Pinsky in 2011, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: David Drew Pinsky
Place of Birth: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: September 4, 1958
Ethnicity:
*father – Ashkenazi Jewish
*mother – English, German, Scottish, remote Welsh
Drew Pinsky, also known as Dr. Drew, is an American celebrity doctor, internist, addiction medicine specialist, media personality, and podcaster. He was the host of the radio show Loveline, from 1984 to 2016; of the television shows Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, from 2008 to 2012, Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House, from 2009 to 2010, Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew, in 2009, Dr. Drew On Call, from 2011 to 2016, and Lifechangers, from 2011 to 2012; and of podcasts including Dr. Drew After Dark, from 2019 to 2023.
He is the son of singer and actress Helene Stanton (born Eleanor Mae Stansbury) and Morton Pinsky, a physician. His father was from a Jewish family. His mother was of English, German, Scottish, and remote Welsh, descent. Drew was raised Jewish. Drew is married to Susan Sailer, with whom he has three children, who are triplets.
Drew’s paternal grandfather was David Pinsky (the son of Mark “Meer” Pinsky and Genia “Gitl” Feldman). David was Ukrainian Jewish emigrant, from Chepovichi. Genia was the daughter of Olya-Boruch Feldman.
Drew’s paternal grandmother was named Fanya “Fanny/Fannie” Kostinskaya/Kostinsky. Fanya was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
Drew’s maternal grandfather was William Benton Stansbury (the son of William Alexander Stewart Stansbury and Susan Francine Graham). Drew’s great-grandfather William was the son of John E. Stansbury and Amelia Maguire.
Drew’s maternal grandfather was Sarah Jane Hamilton (the daughter of James Ferris Hamilton and Sarah Jane Nethery). Drew’s great-grandmother Sarah was the daughter of Samuel Nethery and Elizabeth M. McCorkle.
Sources: Genealogies of Drew Pinsky (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.myheritage.com
https://www.geni.com
Some of his family, I suspect, is also from Poland, because back when his great-grandparents were born, just like in the case of most Jewish celebs, the land they were born in was historically all Poland – today’s Belarus and Ukraine didn’t exist, all belonged to Poland historically – but Poland was just ocuppied and divided between Russian Empire, Prussia and Austria back then. It’s called the Partitions of Poland, and it lasted 123 years, more than a century. And in most biographical data, there is confusion about that, coz very few sources remember the Partitions, and instead always say these lands belong to the Russian Empire, or Austria, etc, so to the occupiers. Which is the wrong thing to say! It was always Poland, just under the long occupation.