Although Ivan Philipovich, his father, was an athlete, Zhabotinsky stated in a 1967 interview that he took after one of his grandfathers, and neither of his parents had an outstanding physique.
父親のイヴァン・フィリポビッチはアスリートだったが、ジャボチンスキーは1967年のインタビューで自分は祖父似で両親は2人とも際立った体格では無かったと語っている。