 Wentworth commented on this, stating, "Confusing locality of birth with blood of origin is indeed a favourite error..."

Skowronek's dam Jaskoulka, (variously known as Jakolka, Yascoulka or Yaskolka; from Polish "jaskółka", "swallow"), was a Polish-bred purebred Arabian.The Poles had bred Arabians for centuries and kept careful pedigree records dating to at least 1800.Jaskoulka's pedigree shows that her sire was Rymnik and her dam was Epopeja (also spelled Epopeia or Epopya).