His legitimate family name was almost certainly Alefantis, and it does not seem to have been an intentional pun on L'Enfant. To be honest, I found the comparison between 'efant' and 'enfant' to be deliberate confirmation bias as people rashly grasped for connections to appease their desire to be part of a take-down.
There are obviously many other connections within Pizzagate that are legitimate concerns, but which have been devalued by obsession over silly conclusions reached on a whim like the name Alefantis being a pseudonym. I have no doubt that as a wordplay - even though not at all exact - even James Alefantis and his mates have joked for years over the similarity, much like his choice of the Greek pederast Antinous as an Instagram avatar - obviously an 'insiders' joke relating to their particular 'preference' for 'cuisine' at CPP/Bucks - or at least their elite patrons.
Someone else posted a genealogical listing for James Alefantis that seems correct from my own research, proving the Greek paternal name Alefantis to be multi-generational in his family: https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1440343
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Anyone heard of the 'Pizza Connection Trial'?
The Pizza Connection Trial stands as the longest criminal jury trial in the federal courts in U.S. history. The trial began on September 30, 1985 and ended with convictions of all but one of the 22 defendants on March 2, 1987. The trial centered on a Mafia-run enterprise that distributed vast quantities of heroin and cocaine in the United States, and then laundered the cash before sending it back to the suppliers in Sicily. The U.S. defendants utilized a number of independently owned pizza parlors as fronts for narcotics sales and collections – hence the name “Pizza Connection”.
The main mafia personality involved in The Pizza Connection trial and subsequent drug network being operated out of pizza parlors, was a pizzeria owner in Chicago named Pietro "Pete" Alfano ... my first thought was "AHA!" a pizza connection and a name very close to Alefantis, at least phonetically, but then, on closer research, it was completely unconnected to our Greek Alefantis, because this is of course a Sicilian name.
Now, if I were to have followed usual forum tourette syndrome etiquette, I might have instantly posted a new Reddit/Voat thread with the catchy click-bait title of:
"SMOKING GUN lead found between Sicilian 'PIZZA CONNECTION' trial of Sicilian Mafia in 1980's and Comet Ping Pong Alefantis=Alfano"
But ... I decided to reserve commenting on anything, until I found something of true value with actual bearing on a pedophile ring or elite connections ... I'm still digging, but luckily others with a penchant for thorough validation have found all the good stuff thus far which does in fact seem to validate that there is something highly Anchovy smelling going on at the corner of Connecticut and Nebraska in Chevy Chase.
Yes, it's definitely multi-generational in Alefantis' family. And interestingly, while I was doing the research and trying to trace his direct paternal line past his grandfather Louis Alefantis (have so far been unsuccessful, but since I've had a breakthrough on Susan Alefantis' ancestors I'll probably turn back to Louis Alefantis soon), I uncovered an Italian immigrant close in age to Louis Alefantis named Louis Alefanti (without the S at the end) also living near Buffalo in the U.S. census. I briefly considered the possibility that Louis Alefantis and Louis Alefanti were the same person since they both lived in the Buffalo area and were close in age (sometimes the census takers or someone helping a census taker could fudge just about anything, a person's age, their birth place, the spelling of their name. Someone could be listed as being born one year in one census, and another year in a previous or later census), but I eventually ruled that out. So as of right now I believe James Alefantis' name to just be an extremely fucked up coincidence unless something turns up to suggest this is intergenerational and his parents gave him his name on purpose with child sexual abuse in mind.
Editing to add that I'll be posting an updated family tree tonight.
I think Louis G. Alefantis parents were George L Alefantis and Zaharo D Rores.
I did a little digging and I think this is right.
Documentation Click the "Open" Link that comes up at the very bottom, otherwise I think it just looks like a black screen.
Interesting about the Alefanti Italian version of the phonetics ... if you find any possible cross-reference between an Alfano (of Sicilian mafioso infamy during the 'Pizza Connection' mega-trial in the 1980's) relative, make sure you share it, because the M.O., of that particular Sicilian family was to use Pizzeria fronts all over the U.S. as drug trafficking nodes, which would work just as easy for anything else that is black market (trafficked children and child and/or snuff porn).
The foodie friend of Alefantis named Nilay Lawson (https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1503413)) is from Naples I believe, and visits there regularly, so a Ngandretta/Sicilian Mafia link could be productive, especially in light of the PERMINDEX connection between the U.S. deep-state and Italian underground crime networks like the P2 Lodge.
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PieInTheEye ago
His legitimate family name was almost certainly Alefantis, and it does not seem to have been an intentional pun on L'Enfant. To be honest, I found the comparison between 'efant' and 'enfant' to be deliberate confirmation bias as people rashly grasped for connections to appease their desire to be part of a take-down.
There are obviously many other connections within Pizzagate that are legitimate concerns, but which have been devalued by obsession over silly conclusions reached on a whim like the name Alefantis being a pseudonym. I have no doubt that as a wordplay - even though not at all exact - even James Alefantis and his mates have joked for years over the similarity, much like his choice of the Greek pederast Antinous as an Instagram avatar - obviously an 'insiders' joke relating to their particular 'preference' for 'cuisine' at CPP/Bucks - or at least their elite patrons.
Someone else posted a genealogical listing for James Alefantis that seems correct from my own research, proving the Greek paternal name Alefantis to be multi-generational in his family: https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1440343
-------------------------------------------------------------------- Though this was weird info I found --------------------------------------------------------------------
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_Connection_Trial
Anyone heard of the 'Pizza Connection Trial'? The Pizza Connection Trial stands as the longest criminal jury trial in the federal courts in U.S. history. The trial began on September 30, 1985 and ended with convictions of all but one of the 22 defendants on March 2, 1987. The trial centered on a Mafia-run enterprise that distributed vast quantities of heroin and cocaine in the United States, and then laundered the cash before sending it back to the suppliers in Sicily. The U.S. defendants utilized a number of independently owned pizza parlors as fronts for narcotics sales and collections – hence the name “Pizza Connection”.
The main mafia personality involved in The Pizza Connection trial and subsequent drug network being operated out of pizza parlors, was a pizzeria owner in Chicago named Pietro "Pete" Alfano ... my first thought was "AHA!" a pizza connection and a name very close to Alefantis, at least phonetically, but then, on closer research, it was completely unconnected to our Greek Alefantis, because this is of course a Sicilian name.
Now, if I were to have followed usual forum tourette syndrome etiquette, I might have instantly posted a new Reddit/Voat thread with the catchy click-bait title of:
"SMOKING GUN lead found between Sicilian 'PIZZA CONNECTION' trial of Sicilian Mafia in 1980's and Comet Ping Pong Alefantis=Alfano"
But ... I decided to reserve commenting on anything, until I found something of true value with actual bearing on a pedophile ring or elite connections ... I'm still digging, but luckily others with a penchant for thorough validation have found all the good stuff thus far which does in fact seem to validate that there is something highly Anchovy smelling going on at the corner of Connecticut and Nebraska in Chevy Chase.
CaroleLandis ago
Yes, it's definitely multi-generational in Alefantis' family. And interestingly, while I was doing the research and trying to trace his direct paternal line past his grandfather Louis Alefantis (have so far been unsuccessful, but since I've had a breakthrough on Susan Alefantis' ancestors I'll probably turn back to Louis Alefantis soon), I uncovered an Italian immigrant close in age to Louis Alefantis named Louis Alefanti (without the S at the end) also living near Buffalo in the U.S. census. I briefly considered the possibility that Louis Alefantis and Louis Alefanti were the same person since they both lived in the Buffalo area and were close in age (sometimes the census takers or someone helping a census taker could fudge just about anything, a person's age, their birth place, the spelling of their name. Someone could be listed as being born one year in one census, and another year in a previous or later census), but I eventually ruled that out. So as of right now I believe James Alefantis' name to just be an extremely fucked up coincidence unless something turns up to suggest this is intergenerational and his parents gave him his name on purpose with child sexual abuse in mind.
Editing to add that I'll be posting an updated family tree tonight.
smudgepotforever ago
I think Louis G. Alefantis parents were George L Alefantis and Zaharo D Rores. I did a little digging and I think this is right. Documentation Click the "Open" Link that comes up at the very bottom, otherwise I think it just looks like a black screen.
CaroleLandis ago
Oh wow, I think you're right, that all checks out. I'll do some digging on those two names tomorrow, thank you!
PieInTheEye ago
Interesting about the Alefanti Italian version of the phonetics ... if you find any possible cross-reference between an Alfano (of Sicilian mafioso infamy during the 'Pizza Connection' mega-trial in the 1980's) relative, make sure you share it, because the M.O., of that particular Sicilian family was to use Pizzeria fronts all over the U.S. as drug trafficking nodes, which would work just as easy for anything else that is black market (trafficked children and child and/or snuff porn).
The foodie friend of Alefantis named Nilay Lawson (https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1503413)) is from Naples I believe, and visits there regularly, so a Ngandretta/Sicilian Mafia link could be productive, especially in light of the PERMINDEX connection between the U.S. deep-state and Italian underground crime networks like the P2 Lodge.