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Alysa Liu’s Father Arthur Once Revealed Reason Behind Egg Donor Decision

USA figure skating star Alysa Liu's father Arthur got honest about an interesting decision he made when choosing to have kids.
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Alysa Liu of the United States
Alysa Liu of the United States | James Lang-Imagn Images

While her historic free skate long program performance in the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games was two days ago at this point, the sports world is still buzzing about Alysa Liu.

Liu became the first USA women's figure skater to win an Olympic medal since 2002 and the first to win a gold medal since 2002 on February 19, after her spectacular 150.20 score in the long program gave her a total of 226.79 points, which was more than enough to secure gold.

Alysa Liu of the United States
Alysa Liu of the United States | James Lang-Imagn Images

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Liu's success also put her father, Arthur, in the spotlight. He fled from China decades ago and built his life as a lawyer from the ground up in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Arthur Liu was in the building and got to witness his daughter's historic performance first-hand, which came with a heartwarming reaction.

Arthur Liu, father of Alysa Liu
Arthur Liu, father of Alysa Liu | James Lang-Imagn Images

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It's no secret that Arthur Liu elected to have Alysa and his four other children via surrogacy using anonymous egg donors.

Alysa and three of her siblings share a mother, while the other sibling is from another donor.

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Alysa Liu’s Father Arthur Once Explained Reason Behind Unique Family Decision

In a 2019 interview with Sports Illustrated (which has since been republished elsewhere), Arthur Liu said that he intentionally chose Caucasian egg donors for his children because he, “felt his children would benefit from a diverse gene pool" and a multicultural upbringing.

So while he doesn't know the biological mother of his five children, he ensured that they would be Caucasian.

This is a fascinating insight that Arthur Liu deserves a lot of credit for being candid about when speaking with the media.

Alysa Liu of the United States
Alysa Liu of the United States | James Lang-Imagn Images

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Grant Young covers the Athlete Lifestyle, Women’s Basketball, the New York Mets, the Baltimore Orioles, the Chicago Cubs, and boxing for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years.

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