Obsessed with conquering the world, former German dictator Adolph Hitler found no time to have children. But the lack of a direct descendant does not mean that the Hitler family tree has ceased to bear fruit. Check out in the box below how she spread her roots across the USA.
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1. Hitler’s father, Alois, had eight children by two different women. With the first, he had Alois Jr., and with the second, the future dictator, Adolph. The two were the only male children to reach adulthood. Alois Jr., Hitler’s half-brother, quarreled with his father and went to live in Ireland. He had two sons: Heinz and William
two. Alois Jr.’s children – Hitler’s nephews – were raised in England, but returned to Germany in the 1930s, with the rise of Nazism. Heinz fought and died in World War II. William, on the other hand, tried to use his uncle’s power to get a good position in Germany. Since he couldn’t, he flew to the US just before the war started.
3. When World War II broke out in 1939, William, who had been snubbed by his uncle, began to criticize Hitler in articles and enlisted in the US Navy. With the end of the conflict, he changed his last name to Stuart-Houston and went to live on Long Island. “Americanized”, he had four children with a German woman, Phyllis Jean-Jacques
4. In 2002, a British reporter found William’s eldest son, curiously named Alexander Adolph. Hitler’s great-nephew, he has no children – he is now in his late 70s. However, he denied the rumor that the brothers would have made a pact never to have children, which would end the paternal lineage of the Hitlers.
SOURCES Book The Last of the Hitlersby David Gardner