16 February 2007

Jews on Ice: Oksana Baiul discovers her roots

The New York Jewish Week had an interesting article on Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater Oksana Baiul, who discovered her mother's family was Jewish

Baiul returned to her native Ukraine in 2003 to re-establish contact with her father, whom she had barely known as a child and had last seen at her mother’s funeral when she was 13. While there, her paternal grandmother informed her that her mother’s side was Jewish. Baiul’s response was full acceptance.

“I always knew it in my heart,” she said.


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Does anyone know her mother's family name? It was not revealed in the article. If you know, please post it here.

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