Secrets & Scandals Of America’s First Ladies

Her Secret Sibling

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This secret came about thanks to GQ. Reporter Julia Ioffe discovered that Melania’s father had a secret son before he married Melania’s mother! His name is Victor Knavs and Knavs agreed to pay child support after the court proved the boy was his (he originally contested that claim).

“Melania initially said the reports were false but later, confronted with court documents, claimed she had misunderstood the question and had known about her half-brother ‘for years’,” The Week reported. She probably was trying to hide the fact that she didn’t come from a perfect home.