evidence: In June 2020, a rumor started to circulate on social media that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was the niece of billionaire George Soros: [...] As we've noted in previous articles, Soros had one brother, Paul, who died in 2013 and is survived by two sons, Peter and Jeffrey Soros. Paul Soros had two other children, but they both died in infancy. George Soros has no nieces, which makes this claim about Whitmer false on its face. Out of an abundance of caution, however, we reached out to Whitmer for comment. A spokesperson simply told us: "The governor is not George Soros' niece."