Deeply emotional, natalia, now 38, jessica's real mother, stumbled as she tried to find the words to explain on russian television how she felt two decades ago, at the age of 18,.

Jessica long adoptive parents. An ad telling the remarkable story of american paralympic swimmer jessica long, who was adopted from a siberian orphanage and went on to win 13 gold medals, went viral. However, because of her condition (fibular hemimelia), her parents, who were. Jessica with her father steve long.

Jessica’s legs were amputated at 18. Jessica long was born tatiana olegovna kirillova in bratsk, russia, on 29th february 1992 to natalia and oleg. Paralympic star jessica long at birth have emerged to salute her heroic achievements born in siberia without fibulas, ankles,.

In 2013, long even got to meet her birth parents, who were only teenagers when their daughter was born. She was born tatiana olegovna kirillova in bratsk, russia. Reports reveal that long along.

Her legs were amputated when she was 18. Siberian parents who rejected u.s. Adopted by steven and beth long as a baby, along with long’s adoptive brother, joshua, from the same russian orphanage, long grew up in a family of eight in baltimore,.

A post shared by jessica long (@jessicatatianalong) her view shop maralee bradley maralee is a mom of six pretty incredible kids. At 13 months, americans beth and steve long adopted jessica and a boy called joshua, who began a new life in baltimore, maryland. Four were adopted (one internationally, three through foster.

According to the international paralympic committee, she was born without fibula bones,. She was originally named tatiana olegovna kirillova. Jessica has an incredible back story.