Christopher Stokowski is the younger of Vanderbilt's two sons with Leopold Stokowski. Less is known about his life due to his longterm estrangement from Vanderbilt and her other children, and his general retreat from public life.

While details have never been released to the public, it appears that Christopher cut himself off from the rest of his family in 1978 and is said to have become a recluse, reportedly as the result of an incident regarding Vanderbilt's therapist Christ Zois which affected Christopher's relationship with his fiancée April Sandmeyer.