A photograph shows Melania Trump's grandmother, Olga Orlif, who was a Soviet Soldier in World War II.
In January 2017, photographs began to show up on social media along with the claim that they were images of Melania Trump's grandmother, purportedly a Soviet soldier named Olga Orlif: The earliest versions of this rumor that we could uncover were accompanied by Russian text, which we have translated below: Старший лейтенант Советской Армии Ольга Орлиф - бабушка югославки Мелании Трамп :-)? Senior Lieutenant of the Soviet Army Olga Orlif - grandma of Melania Trump This photograph actually shows actress Janet Leigh as Lt. Anna Marladovna (later Lt. Anna Shannon) in the 1957 movie 'Jet Pilot,' a film about a Russian pilot who may or may not be a spy. (It remains unclear whether this particular image is a still from the film, or if it was an official promotional photograph.) The web site TheRedList.com featured another image of Leigh in her Soviet Army costume: Information about the real grandparents of Melania Trump (previously Melania Knauss) remains scarce online. The only tidbit we were able uncover was that her grandparents lived in Sevnica, a town in Slovenia, and that her grandfather developed a red onion variety called the Raka - but even that tidbit is anecdotal. While we don't know much about the First Lady's grandmother, a photograph of a Soviet soldier who looks a lot like Janet Leigh along with the claim that it shows Melania Trump's grandmother is actually Janet Leigh dressed as a Soviet soldier for a 1957 movie role.
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