‘Roo the Jew?’: Wayne Rooney stunned to discover his Jewish roots (Shutterstock)
Football legend Wayne Rooney has revealed a family secret he only recently discovered: his maternal grandmother’s family were Polish Jews. The revelation came during his new Disney+ series The Real Rooneys, prompting a producer to point out that, under traditional matrilineal Jewish law, the Manchester United and England icon could himself be considered Jewish.
Rooney, who was raised Catholic, initially responded: “I’m Catholic.” But when asked whether he wanted to explore his newly discovered ancestry further, the former England captain laughed and suggested a title of his own: “Roo the Jew?”
The discovery emerged as Rooney, wife Coleen and their two younger sons traveled through Poland and visited Auschwitz — a place Rooney had previously visited with England teammates in 2012. Then, reflecting on the murdered children whose clothes and shoes remain there, he said: “I’m a parent and it’s tough to see what happened there.”
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