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marrying my grandmother and fleeing hitler and going to brazil. that s a story of perseverance. reporter: it s a story that may not be his 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 k file. records from the holocaust museum, and the international center on nazi persecution which keeps records on jewish refugees show no mention of santos grandparents. one genealogist who helped research the family tree haat c request said there is no sign of jewish or ukrainian heritage and no indication of name change as long the way. i m so proud to be age to keep our family going forward and showing that not only did we survive, but now i am able to go advocate and fight for other jewish people. reporter: santos has not responded to cnn requests about his family history.

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