"She really WAS poor you guyzzzz!!!"
Apologies for the bad crops. This was how I found it.
Claim: "A publication has made an investigation..."
Fact-check: No "publication" is named, nor date of publication, author, link, sources cited by the "publication"...
Claim: "Her grandfather was worth only $5 million."
Fact-check: No source given. Even if "$5 million" is a figure associated with his estate, it may refer only to what went through probate. Meaning: Other assets of his passed outside of probate, and thus aren't in the public record, and aren't available for Kayleigh-fans to examine. Smart rich people know how to leave their money without burdening their heirs, and probate is a burden. AND can be avoided.
Claim: "What if he left his $5 million to all 22 of his descendants equally? They'd only get $227,000 each. Hardly 'rich'!"
Fact-check: No source given to support this fantasy.
People rarely leave money to children and grandchildren this way. He probably left all or most of his assets to his wife, who survived him. When she passes, the money (by this time much increased since his death) goes to her kids.
In any case, this figure doesn't reflect the possibility that he had been gifting his children & grandkids money or other assets before he died.
Claim: Kayleigh didn't grow up in that big house that everyone keeps posting!
Fact-check: So the implication is: Before they bought that house, they all lived in a trailer? 😂
Kayleigh's mom admits she loves to save, and seems to loathe debt. From Veterinary Information Network (news.vin.com):
"...the family already lives frugally, clipping coupons, forgoing fancy vacations and buying consignment-shop clothing for the kids. Over four years of focused effort, she and her husband have eliminated $250,000 in debt from student loans, credit cards and purchasing the practice. “People think I’m crazy because here I am a doctor driving an older used car,” she said. “I’d love to have a digital X-ray (machine) but I won’t buy it until I can pay for it in cash.”
That doesn't mean the family was "poor." She wasn't a staff vet in someone else's practice. She owned her own practice, and her own clinics. And that was true from the time Kayleigh was a (chronological) child.
