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Oksana Baiul is Jewish or partially Jewish.
Oksana Baiul , Ukrainian figure skater, (Jewish maternal grandmother), Olympic gold, World Championship gold
Although Baiul was raised as a Russian Orthodox Christian,[6] since childhood she was aware of rumors about Jewish ancestry (other children would sometimes call her grandmother a Jew).[13][14] In 2003, she phoned her old rink in Dnipropetrovsk to ask for assistance in locating her father – assuming it was a joke, they hung up twice but eventually Baiul managed to convince them of her identity and the rink manager helped her reunite with her father in September 2003.[4] Her father confirmed that the rumor was true – her Romanian maternal grandmother was Jewish.[4][6][13][14] Baiul considers herself Jewish due to matrilineality in Judaism.[4] In 2005, Baiul said, \"Being Jewish, that feels good
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