
Although they were never married, they had an affair and Gladys fell pregnant at age 26, giving birth to Marilyn on June 1, 1926. Searching a news portal such as Google News will usually reveal if a circulating story is true. Gladys Baker and a young Marilyn Monroe Credit: Getty Gladys Baker was working at a Hollywood film-developing company when she met the man who Marilyn later claimed to be her father. The Court of Claims has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine the following matters: (a) all claims against the State of Illinois founded upon any. So, should any strange or unusual ‘news’ story come your way, it is wise to verify it through a reputable source before you share it. There are now a large number of fake-news sites like WNDR that, between them, churn out a constant stream of nonsense disguised as news. Many people are thus tricked into believing that the site’s content is genuine and are therefore likely to share it via social media. And, to further the illusion of legitimacy, the reports are presented in news format. Marilyn finally had a secure and stable home. As a result, On June 13, 1926, 26-year-old Gladys Baker brought two-week-old Norma Jeane Mortenson to the foster home of Ida and Wayne Bolender in Hawthorne, California. However, this disclaimer is hidden under the website’s About Us link and is not included on the pages where the fake reports are actually published. All U.S. Gladys Baker holds her infant daughter Norma Jeane, the future film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), 1926. All characters appearing in the articles in this website – even those based on real people – are entirely fictional and any resemblance between them and any persons, living, dead, or undead is purely a miracle. WNDR assumes however all responsibility for the satirical nature of its articles and for the fictional nature of their content. WNDR confesses to the fictional nature of its content via the following disclaimer: The picture at the top of the story that supposedly depicts Gladys Baker Morris actually shows Marilyn Monroe lookalike Susan Griffiths. And, for the record, there are no credible news reports that support the claims in the story in any way. Published Claim: Gladys Baker Morris presented a paternity action lawsuit claiming that she was the biological daughter of Marilyn Monroe and President John F. Nothing published on WNDR should be taken seriously. The story comes via the notorious fake-news website World News Daily Report (WNDR). The report suggests that the pregnancy and birth were kept secret in case the Kennedy brothers found out and had Marilyn and the baby killed.īut, while it is an intriguing tale, the story is purely a work of fiction. Supposedly, the woman, Gladys Baker Morris, had always believed that she was the daughter of Monroe’s cousin Meredith Baker, until Baker, on her deathbed, told Gladys the truth about her parentage. According to this story, which has been circulating since February 2016, a woman in California is claiming that she is the biological daughter of Marilyn Monroe and former President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK).
