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Representative George Santos (R-NY) said that his Ukrainian-Jewish grandparents "survived the Holocaust," but genealogical records contradict his claims.
Carroll with a look at this controversy. >> look, as i always joke, i'm gent gentlemen -- jew-ish. >> reporter: how he says they survived the holocaust as ukraine refugees and converted to catholicism just to survive. >> bye my grandparents story. my grandfather fleeing stalin, fleeing hitler, going to brazil. that's a story of -- of -- of perseverance. >> reporter: it's a story that may not be true. his misrepresentations of his family history first reported by the jewish publication "the
Forward" and his story contradicted by numerous sources reviewed by cnn's kfile. records from the holocaust museum and international center on nazi persecution, which keeps records on jewish refugees shows no mention of his grandparents. one genealogist who helped research his family tree add cnn's request said, there's no sign of jewish heritage. >> now able to advocate for other jewish people. >> reporter: santos hasn't responded and discrepancies with his resume and biography. >> people are perplexed asking how could somebody tell this scale of lies and get elected. >> reporter: among the s...
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