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Of [[Italy|Italian]] [[Roman Catholic]] ancestry, D'Amato was born in the [[Brooklyn]] borough to Armand D'Amato, an [[insurance]] broker, and the former Antoinette Ciofarri. He was reared on [[Long Island]], in the[[village]] of Island Park.<ref>{{cite web|title=D'Amato, Alfonse M.|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/d/alfonse_m_damato/index.html|accessdate=May 27, 2020|publisher=''The New York Times''}}</ref> He is a graduate of Chaminade High School, [[Syracuse University]], and the Syracuse School of Law, both in Syracuse, New York.
Of [[Italy|Italian]] [[Roman Catholic]] ancestry, D'Amato was born in the [[Brooklyn]] borough to Armand D'Amato, an [[insurance]] broker, and the former Antoinette Ciofarri. He was reared on [[Long Island]], in the[[village]] of Island Park.<ref>{{cite web|title=D'Amato, Alfonse M.|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/d/alfonse_m_damato/index.html|accessdate=May 27, 2020|publisher=''The New York Times''}}</ref> He is a graduate of Chaminade High School, [[Syracuse University]], and the Syracuse School of Law, both in Syracuse, New York.
From his first marriage to Penelope D'Amato, he had four children. By his second wife, Katuria, he has a son, Alfonso Marcello D'Amato, Jr. (born 2008), and a daughter, Luciana Cioffari D'Amato (born 2009).<ref>{{cite web|author=Anne Bratskeir|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/d-amato-and-wife-welcome-baby-daughter-1.1528435|title=D'Amato and wife welcome baby daughter|publisher=''Newsday''|date=October 16, 2009|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> Katuria D'Amato filed for divorce in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2017/10/10/ex-senator-al-damatos-wife-files-for-divorce/|title=Ex-Sen. Al D’Amato’s wife files for divorce|publisher=''The New York Post''|author=Julia Marsh|date=October 10, 2017|accessedate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
From his first marriage to Penelope D'Amato, he had four children. By his second wife, Katuria, he has a son, Alfonso Marcello D'Amato, Jr. (born 2008), and a daughter, Luciana Cioffari D'Amato (born 2009).<ref>{{cite web|author=Anne Bratskeir|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/d-amato-and-wife-welcome-baby-daughter-1.1528435|title=D'Amato and wife welcome baby daughter|publisher=''Newsday''|date=October 16, 2009|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref> Katuria D'Amato filed for divorce in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2017/10/10/ex-senator-al-damatos-wife-files-for-divorce/|title=Ex-Sen. Al D’Amato’s wife files for divorce|publisher=''The New York Post''|author=Julia Marsh|date=October 10, 2017|accessedate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
An avid [[poker]] player, D'Amato is a former chairman of the Poker Players Alliance which among other matters advocated the right of poker players to play on-line.<ref>Alfonse M. D'Amato, "Report from the Chairman," Poker Players Alliance, October 2007.</ref>
An avid [[poker]] player, D'Amato is a former chairman of the Poker Players Alliance which among other matters advocated the right of poker players to play on-line.<ref>Alfonse M. D'Amato, "Report from the Chairman," Poker Players Alliance, October 2007.</ref>