Hackers change Brigitte Macron's legal name to 'Jean-Michel'
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Brigitte Macron's life 'deteriorated'
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The baseless conspiracy theories about Brigitte Macron's gender have taken a negative toll on the French first lady.
The false claims spread online allege that Mrs Macron was born under the name Jean-Michel Trogneux, the actual name of her older brother. The Macrons have for years been dogged by conspiracy theories that she was born Jean-Michel Trogneux, before taking the name Brigitte as a transgender woman.