Claim: Donald Trump is related to Adolf Hitler.
FALSEExample: [Collected via Email, December 2015]
Is Donald trump related to hitler?
Origin:On 8 December 2015, the entertainment website The Good Lord Above published an article claiming that Donald Trump was related to Adolf Hitler:
A new report released today proves that billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump is a not-so-distant relative of Adolph Hitler.
“Trump is related to Hitler on his paternal grandmother's side,” said Charles Perry, director of the National Genealogical Society, which released the study. “She lived in Bavaria and married Adolph Hitler's grand uncle from Austria-Hungary, Johann Schicklgruber.”
There is no truth the above-quoted story. The National Genealogical Society has not released a study connecting Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Its director is not named Charles Perry, and in fact, there does not appear to be a Charles Perry working there at all.
The Good Lord Above is a satire web site that does not publish factual stories:
Thou shalt remember that The First Amendment protects satire as a form of free speech and expression. TheGoodLordAbove uses invented names in all of its stories, except in cases where public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental. TheGoodLordAbove is not intended for readers under 18 years of age.
Last updated: 09 December 2015
Originally published: 09 December 2015
Dan Evon is a Chicago-based writer and longtime truth enthusiast. His work has appeared somewhere, and he earned a degree at the University of His Choosing. His exploration of Internet truth has been supported by grants from the Facebook Drug Task Force.
