Chris Kasparoza John Gotti, the reputed former boss of the Gambino crime family, was born on October 27, 1940. While there have been allegations that he fathered children out of wedlock, he raised five as his own, carrying his last name:
Angela “Angel” Gotti, born April 29, 1961
Victoria Gotti, born 1962
John Gotti, born 1964
Frank Gotti, born 1968
Peter Gotti, born 1974
However: there have also been allegations that his oldest child, Angel Gotti, is not his blood child. That she was born to another man, William Rickard, who her mother was married to before John Gotti.
Angel Gotti was born Angela Rickard, evidenced by the below 1961 New York City Birth Index records.
The first shows no entry for anyone with the last name “Gotti” being born in New York City in 1961. The second shows an Angela Rickard being born on April 29, 1961.
HOWEVER: Angel Gotti– a serial liar, slanderer, and perpetual victim who has publicly sworn on her children’s lives that she was telling the truth when she was lying, staunchly states that she is John Gotti’s full daughter.
But– FBI documents from 1964-66 indicate otherwise. The following five pages are from John Gotti’s 25-page Selective Service file which can be read, printed and downloaded at:
FBI Records: The Vault — John Joseph Gotti, Jr Part 01
PAGE 2 is from an April 27, 1964 document memorializing contact with John Gotti’s father. It states:
“on July 22, 1963 the subject’s father appeared at the Local Board and advised he did not know the subject’s whereabouts and had not seen him for approximately six months. He further advised the subject is married and has one child.”
(If Angel was his daughter, by that time, he would have had two children.)
PAGE 6 is from an October 5, 1964 document memorializing interviews with John Gotti’s parents. It states:
“On May 13, 1964, June 26, 1964, and August 14, 1964… subject’s parents… were re-interviewed at which time they denied having any contact with the subject or having knowledge of his present whereabouts… They stated the subject married an Italian girl who was previously married and has at least one child by the previous marriage.”
PAGE 7 cites an August 19, 1964 contact with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, Brooklyn, N.Y., and quotes an unnamed woman, possibly an employee there who was interviewed, saying:
“She further stated the subject’s wife was previously married, had one child by that marriage and two children by her present marriage.”
PAGE 17 is a November 1965 document memorializing an interview with John Gotti himself, from that November 10, when he appeared at Kings County Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York due to his October 12, 1965 arrest by the New York City Police Department for Grand Larceny – Auto. The document reported that:
“GOTTI advised… he is married and has two children.”
(If Angel was his daughter, by that time, he would have had three children.)
PAGE 18 cites a December 6, 1965, interview with a woman who reportedly stated about John Gotti:
“the subject, his wife and two children moved from that address during the middle of November, 1965.”
(If Angel was his daughter, by that time, he would have had three children.)
More FBI documents about John Gotti, who was caught on tape in 1990 saying he was the boss of the Gambino crime family, are available at:
https://vault.fbi.gov/john-joseph-gotti-jr
