Later in life, Hitchens discovered that he was of Jewish descent on his mother's side and that his Jewish-born ancestors were immigrants from Eastern Europe (including Poland).
واكتشف هيتشنز لاحقاً عن انحداره من أصل يهودي من طرف أمه وكان أسلافه اليهود مهاجرين من أوروبا الشرقية (ومنها بولندا).