Are Maksim and Val brothers?

Early life. Chmerkovskiy was born January 17, 1980, in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR to parents Aleksandr “Sasha” Chmerkovskiy and Larisa Chmerkovskaya. He has a younger brother, Valentin Chmerkovskiy (born 1986), who is also a professional dancer.

Is Maksim a US citizen?

Maksim Chmerkovskiy, born to a Jewish father and a Christian mother in Odesa, Ukraine, moved to Brooklyn, New York, with his family at the age of 14 in 1994. According to Page Six, he has had dual citizenship in Ukraine and America since 2019.

Is Val in Ukraine?

Val Chmerkovskiy says Russia’s invasion of his native Ukraine ‘feels like a betrayal’ When Ukraine native Val Chmerkovskiy met Olivia Jade, his partner for the 2021 of Dancing With the Stars, it went like this: “Hey, where you from?” she asked him. “I’m from Ukraine.”

What is Vals Brothers name?

Dancing With the Stars’ Val Chmerkovskiy and wife Jenna Johnson have kept his brother, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, in their prayers amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.