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90 Day Fiance’s Elizabeth Castravet Family Guide: From Parents to Kids
After the death of 90 Day Fiancé star Elizabeth Castravet’s father, Chuck Potthast, it was clear the reality TV star was leaning on her family for love and support.
“Two weeks ago, tragedy struck our family and it has left us completely shattered. My sweet, loving, and caring dad went to heaven. We’re trying to figure out how to navigate our lives and move forward without him,” Elizabeth wrote via Instagram on November 23, announcing her father’s death in a joint post with her husband, Andrei Castravet.
Audiences were first introduced to Elizabeth and Andrei during the fifth season of 90 Day Fiancé, which aired in 2017. Though Andrei once joked Elizabeth’s family was “like a cult,” her relationships with many of her family members have ebbed and flowed throughout the years.
In addition to her dad, Elizabeth has several siblings and two children with Andrei. Keep scrolling to learn more about her expansive family.
90 Day Fiancé star Elizabeth Castravet’s family is “like a cult” — at least according to husband Andrei Castravet. “We should put you on an escape-a-cult-type of franchise,” Andrei joked exclusively to Us Weekly while promoting the TLC show. “She’s doing great! I’m very happy to have you back.” Elizabeth, despite her husband’s claims, said […]
Chuck Potthast
Chuck Potthast Courtesy of Chuck Potthast/Instagram
On November 23, 2025, Elizabeth shared the sad news that her father, Chuck Potthast, had died.
“Two weeks ago, tragedy struck our family and it has left us completely shattered. My sweet, loving, and caring dad went to heaven. We’re trying to figure out how to navigate our lives and move forward without him,” she wrote via Instagram. “Please respect our privacy during this extremely difficult time.”
In September 2025, Chuck shared a video update following an unexpectedly long surgery related to his previous cancer battle.
“My surgery was supposed to be about three to four hours long. You know, it fixed hernias from my previous cancer operations that I developed,” he explained in a video shared via Instagram.
He continued: “Once I got in there, they’ve seen that my stomach wall had completely collapsed, so they had to fix that, which they did. So my surgery ended up being eight hours long. But the benefit is I have a flat stomach now, which is cool. But I wanted to thank everyone for their prayers and support. It really helped me get through it. Much appreciated. God bless.”
Potthast, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2016, opened up about his experience with the disease in 2022.
“I’m cancer free, but the cancer that I was diagnosed with … it affected my life and it’s going to affect me forever,” he told relationship coach Joy in Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peek at an April 2022 episode of 90 Day Diaries. “I’ve walked Libby down the aisle, I’ve walked [her sister] Becky down the aisle. I’ve seen three of my grandkids be born … And when I think about that, I thank the Lord every day.”
Pamela Putnam
Pamela Putnam Courtesy of Pamela Putnam/Instagram
According to Soap Central, Putnam and Chuck married when he was 18. Putnam was pregnant with the pair’s oldest child, son David, at the time of their nuptials. The pair had another six children together: sons Charles, Daniel, and Michael, and daughters Jennifer, Rebekah, and Elizabeth.
After their divorce, she married Walter Putnam.
Becky Lichtwerch
Becky Lichtwerch Courtesy of Becky Lichtwerch/Instagram
Elizabeth has had an on-off relationship with her sister, Becky. The pair had a falling out in November 2022, per People, after Elizabeth told her sister that she and her husband Andrei would be unable to attend a family birthday party due to Andrei’s pending green card renewal. (Andrei was born in Moldova and moved to Tampa, Florida, after beginning his relationship with Elizabeth).
“Good, hopefully he gets sent back,” Becky said at the time.
Becky and her husband Thomas Lichtwerch share a son named Mads.
“Two weeks ago on this day my world became distorted into a place I don’t understand,” Becky wrote via Instagram following her father’s death in November 2025. “My father Chuck went home to be with The Lord. The pain is still more than I can bare so this is all I can write.”
Jenn Davis
Fans of the 90 Day franchise might recall that Jenn made appearances on both the show’s fifth season as well as seasons 4 through 7 of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?. Though she wasn’t on the show looking for love, she was outspoken about her sister Elizabeth’s husband and insisted Andrei was only interested in Libby because he wanted to live in the U.S.
Jenn came under fire in 2020, after she described Andrei’s family’s recipes as “peasant food.”
“OK, so, you guys gotta understand something,” she wrote via her Instagram Stories at the time, per InTouch Weekly. “Literally just getting off a long-ass flight, coming in, meeting a million people for the first time, film crew in your face, you haven’t eaten anything normal — normal to me, anyway, I’m sorry if I’m offending people — but going in and just being mentally mind-f***ed and then having food in your face that you’ve never seen before in terms of, like, a piece of pig fat on a cracker — raw pig fat — [I am] just not used to that.”
She added, “[I] didn’t feel like eating it. I’m sorry. And you guys are just going bonkers about it. Like, chill. Chill. Because if you were in that situation, you wouldn’t eat it either. So stop.”
Charlie Potthast
Charlie Potthast Courtesy of Charlie Potthast/Instagram
Charlie and his wife, Megan Potthast, were not on good terms with his family during the seventh season of 90 Day Fiancé, but the pair returned to the show in September 2022. At the time, they revealed they had embarked on a new online career together: selling feet pictures on OnlyFans.
“It was kinda my idea to start doing feet pictures, because I’m like, you know, you have really sexy feet,” Charlie said during a confessional on the series. “A lot of people like that. You can sell those.”
Charlie also works for CMP Capital Investments LLC, the company his father started.
In April 2021, Andrei told Us Weekly he and Elizabeth did not have a relationship with Charlie.
“At this moment of time, the relationship is nonexistent,” Andrei said. “He’s a drunk bum, that’s what it is. Like, bottom line, he loves alcohol too much and it is what it is.”
Andrei Castravet
Andrei 90 Day Fiance Courtesy of Andrei Castravet/Instagram
Andrei and Elizabeth married for the first time in October 2017 after meeting on the TLC series during its fifth season.
Despite opposition from her family, Andrei has been consistently on Elizabeth’s side throughout their relationship. For example, the duo were stunned to learn Elizabeth’s sisters, Jenn and Becky, were planning to start their own competing real estate business in 2021.
“You’re talking about betrayal here, but there you see it,” Elizabeth told Jenn at the time. “That looks like betrayal. [Andrei] would never do that.” Chuck added he was “shocked” by the news, and Andrei asked, “Is that loyalty?”
In April 2021, Andrei asked his father-in-law for money to start his own business, and that request was turned down.
“Well, the thing is, he helped all his kids. He gave them capital to start working and they’re all working over there sucking from the pie so I’m just going to join in. Like, why not? If there’s [a lot of] money, why not?” Andrei told Us exclusively after asking Chuck for $100,000.
Eleanor Louise Castravet
Elizabeth and Andrei’s first child, daughter Eleanor, was born on January 23, 2019.
“We are so blessed to finally meet our baby girl, Eleanor Louise!” the couple said in a statement to Us at the time. “This is such joyful and amazing moment for us. We have never felt this rewarded in our lives and we are looking forward to our bright future as a family of three. Thank you so much to our fans for their continued support and love during our journey.”
Love comes in all shapes and sizes — and can cross borders and country lines — which is highlighted by 90 Day Fiancé and its more than 25 spinoff series. The TLC reality show premiered in 2014, documenting the unique 90 Day Fiancé (K-1) visa process that allows overseas engaged individuals to travel to the […]
Winston Leo Castravet
Elizabeth and Andrei welcomed their second child together, son Winston, on October 4 2022.
“We are so honored and pleased to announce the birth of our son Winston Leo Castravet!” the parents exclusively told Us. “Born 10/4/2022 at 10:18pm weighing 7lbs 10oz and 20in long. Our hearts are so filled with joy right now and Ellie is all about her baby brother. We are so excited to be a family of four and cannot wait to grow together.”
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