Donald Freeland (father) and Halyna Chomiak (mother) gave birth to her (mother). Natalka, Freeland’s younger sister, is her only sibling. Wilbur Freeland, Chrystia’s paternal grandfather, was a lawyer, and Helen Caulfield, her grandmother, was a WWII war bride. Michael Chomiak, her maternal grandfather, was a journalist before WWII.
Freeland’s father, a Liberal Party member, was a farmer and lawyer. Her mother, too, was a lawyer who studied at the University of Alberta. Also, she was a member of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies as well.
From her mother’s side, Freeland is of Ukrainian descent. Harvard University awarded her a B.A. in Russian history and literature. Similarly, Chrystia, a Rhodes Scholar, got a Master’s degree in Slavonic studies from St Antony’s College, Oxford in 1993.
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