A Kenyan man has alleged that Elon Musk is is father and has urged the Telsa billionaire to take a DNA test. But there might be more to the story.
The Musk family tree continues to expand. As of late, we know that the tech billionaire has fathered at least 12 confirmed children with three different women, though the exact number remains somewhat murky given his penchant for privacy around certain relationships.
Recently, 26-year-old MAGA influencer Ashley St. Clair claimed she secretly gave birth to Elon Musk's 13th child last year, though the Tesla CEO has shown no interest in acknowledging this. Meanwhile, leaked texts from this year revealed his ambition to father '5,000 kids.'
Now someone else has emerged claiming a biological connection to the world's richest man.
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A 40-year-old man from Kenya has gone viral for recently declaring himself Musk's firstborn son, which would mean he arrived well before any of Musk's other 14 children. Nyakundi Kibiru alleges he was born from his mother's brief romance with the tech mogul when he was just 20 years old.
According to Kibiru, his mother met the SpaceX founder while working at a hotel in Masai Mara in the 'early 1990s'. Now, the Kenyan man is demanding a DNA test to prove he's Musk's biological son.
However, after posting a photo of himself online, some social media users insist that no such test is necessary. Placed side by side, the pair appear remarkably similar, with the same defined jawline and facial features.
"Spitting image," one user replied while another commented: "He really look just like him".
Others are pretty sceptical about Kibiru's claims, arguing that 'looks can be deceiving.'
Moreover, some spectators feel as though Kibiru's image has been AI-generated, pointing to details in the photo that don't line up.
"This is AI, look at the top button on the guy's shirt," one person pointed out. "There is no hole for the button."
"And the chances he would pose like this - with the exact same beard, in front of the most generic corporate blurred background like a model?"
A third wrote: "Nah, gotta be AI. The ears and hairline are too identical."
However, a quick maths calculation would have settled the debate immediately.
Based on the 40-year-old's timeline, Musk would have been merely 14 years old and still in high school when his alleged son was born. In Kenya, the age of consent is 18, meaning if Kibiru's claims were true, he'd essentially be accusing his mother of breaking the law.
Apart from the timeline issue, Kibiru has also not offered any solid proof tying him to Musk, like a birth certificate or verifiable photos.
And tellingly, Musk hasn't addressed any of the claims on his social media platforms, which is somewhat surprising given his tendency to publicly address wild accusations about him almost immediately.