evidence: No, she is not. Soros, the descendant of Hungarian Jews, has two nephews by his only brother, Paul, but no nieces. Whitmer's family tree bends toward England and Bavaria, not Hungary, going many generations back. [...] How many of you are aware that the female governor of Michigan is the niece of George Soros? [...] If Gretchen Whitmer has ties to the Soros family, they sure aren't doing her much good financially. According to MLive.com regional news outlet, in the run-up to the Michigan gubernatorial primary, Jeffrey Soros, George's actual nephew, gave money to Whitmer's opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, and George Soros gave nothing to any candidate. El-Sayed raised $2 million in private funds and $321,380 in public contributions during that election cycle.