Buttigieg (Maltese: Buttiġieġ [butːidʒɪːtʃ]) is a Maltese surname, derived from Sicilian Arabic Abu-l-dajāj(i), meaning chicken owner or poulterer (literally, "father of chickens"). "Chicken" hmm.
Jews have been all over Malta for thousands of years. bet that he has Jewish weasel blood too.