r/clevercomebacks • u/Brian_Ghoshery • 2d ago

Billionaire Not Resistance

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u/DilithiumCrystalMeth 1d ago

Elon believes he is the savior of humanity and will lead us to mars because his dad named him after a character in a sci-fi book written by a nazi.

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u/KapiteinSchaambaard 1d ago edited 1d ago

Huh? What part of his name? Elon came from his American great-grandparent John Elon Haldeman (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Haldeman-70). Yes, Elon is more North American and English in ancestry than South African, even considering how relatively short white people are in SA.

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u/oatoil_ 1d ago

Musk’s father agreed to name him Elon as it was the name of a character from a top Nazi rocket scientist’s, Wernher von Braun, novels.

He speaks on it in this video

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u/KapiteinSchaambaard 1d ago edited 1d ago

That is not what many sources say, and it's fact that his American great-grandparent https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Haldeman-70 had Elon as a name too. Here's Elon's own ancestry: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Musk-15

His dad is also a completely insane liar like Elon himself so I wouldn't go with a video proof there.

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u/oatoil_ 1d ago

Yes, his father notes in the video that Elon’s mother had an ancestor with that name but prior to meeting her he already fancied the name due to the books.