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Originally Posted by Plethon
I thought Sarkozy's mother was a Jewess from Greece.
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Yes, but it seems to be a little more complicated.
In fact, Sarkozy's grandfather was Jewish (Aron Mallah), but his paternal grandmother was a French Catholic named Adèle Bouvier. Aron
(falsely ?) converted to Catholicism and changed his name to
Benedict, but probably only in order to marry Adèle.
The thing is that when he was young, Sarkozy[/font]
was especially close to his grandfather, as his Hungarian father leaved his mother. And he still remains very close to his Jewish family since then. But I don't know if he consider himself as a Jew. Maybe, maybe not.
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