Fidel Castro’s Daughter Addresses Claims Justin Trudeau Is Her Half-Brother

The daughter of former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has just fanned the flames to the rumors that former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the son of Fidel Castro.

If you have never heard the rumor, then you are in for a surprise.

It has been long speculated that Margaret Trudeau the mother of former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau had an affair with Fidel Castro.

The speculation comes decades after former Canadian PM and father of Justin Trudeau, Pierre Trudeau, and his wife met with Castro.

Adding to the rumors are photos of Trudeau when he was younger that look very similar to Castro.

Take a look:

Friendly reminder that Justin Trudeau is actually Fidel Castro's long lost son. pic.twitter.com/0JnOHh4iui

— Angry Citizen (@AngryCitizenxx) April 1, 2026

Now the daughter of Fidel Castro, Alina Fernandez, has addressed the rumors that Trudeau is her half-brother in an interview.

Mediaite provided quotes from Alina Fernandez’s interview:

Alina Fernandez, the exiled daughter of the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, was pressed on Tuesday night over claims that former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau is her “half brother,” and did little to put the long-running conspiracy theory to rest.

The claim, mentioned by President Donald Trump in his 2024 Save America book and pushed by online believers, alleges that Castro is Trudeau’s real father, not Pierre Trudeau.

Fernandez appeared on NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich Tonight to primarily discuss the humanitarian crisis in Cuba, which faces U.S. sanctions, and Trump’s threats of potential military action against the island after he has completed peace negotiations with Iran.Before concluding the interview with Fernandez, however, host Katie Pavlich insisted on one more question.

“For years we’ve heard rumors that Justin Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada , could be your half brother. What do you think about it?” she said.

Fernandez smiled and apparently unwilling to give up any family lore, she replied: “The only thing I can say is that his mother used to visit the country very often.”

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“Well that may be a tell then,” the host followed.

“I guess that’s a half answer.”

“Yes,” her guest responded.

“Do you plan to call him and maybe find out?” Pavlich pressed.

“No, no,” Fernandez said. “If he wants he’s welcome but I won’t, I won’t. I think he keeps that to himself and you have to respect that.”

Watch here:

Is Justin Trudeau Fidel Castro’s son? pic.twitter.com/flK0TdYdCo

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) May 27, 2026

Here is President Trump’s thoughts:

Trump on Justin Trudeau: "They say he's the son of Fidel Castro" pic.twitter.com/dhxXKmZ6Ap

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 6, 2025

The Associated Press has refuted the claim that Trudeau is Castro’s son:

A story claiming that Fidel Castro was the father of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not true. The Canadian government denied it, Cuba has never claimed it and Trudeau’s parents never visited Cuba until several years after Justin Trudeau was born.

The Feb. 1 suicide of Castro’s oldest son, Fidelito, spurred the most recent report on several sites, claiming that Fidelito left a suicide note referring to Justin Trudeau as his half-brother. A theory that Castro was Trudeau’s father was also shared widely on social media after Castro’s death in 2016, when Trudeau caused an uproar over remarks praising the late Cuban leader.

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The Canadian government denied the reports this week. Justin Trudeau was born on Dec. 25, 1971, to the late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife, Margaret.

Trudeau was born a little more than nine months after the marriage of his parents and more than four years before Margaret made a much-publicized first trip to Cuba and met Fidel Castro. Margaret was 22 when she married the 51-year-old prime minister and was the subject of intense media scrutiny. Experts say it would have been impossible for an earlier visit to Cuba to go unnoticed.

Cuban media have been unusually open about the death of Castro’s oldest son, Fidelito, describing it as a suicide after a long depression. Neither state media nor independent reporters covering the death have reported the existence of a suicide note.