Gal Gadot — wonder woman with roots in the Russian Empire
Gal Gadot. Israeli actress, born in Petah Tikva. No documented connection to the Russian Empire: her father is a sixth-generation Israeli, and her maternal grandfather, Abraham Weiss, was born in Munkacs, then in Czechoslovakia. She describes her background as Polish, Austrian, German and Czech.
"Father's family has lived in the Land of Israel for six generations; maternal grandfather Abraham Weiss, born in Munkacs (then Czechoslovakia), came to Israel after surviving Auschwitz."
Migration storyTracing the roots — Israel; family from Poland, Austria, Germany and Czechoslovakia - no Russian Empire link documented
No documented connection to the Russian Empire: her father is a sixth-generation Israeli, and her maternal grandfather, Abraham Weiss, was born in Munkacs, then in Czechoslovakia. She describes her background as Polish, Austrian, German and Czech.
Parents born in Israel; the family name Greenstein was Hebraized to Gadot. Gadot describes her ancestry as Polish, Austrian, German and Czech. No ancestor from the Russian Empire is documented.
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Israel; family from Poland, Austria, Germany and Czechoslovakia - no Russian Empire link documented. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.