Von Epenstein began an affair with Franziska Göring about a year before Albert's birth.[8] A strong physical resemblance between von Epenstein and Albert Göring even led many to believe that they were father and son. If this were true, it meant that Albert Göring was half-Jewish.[8] However, Franziska Göring had accompanied her husband to his post in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and lived there with him between March 1893 and mid-1894, which makes this seem extremely unlikely.[9] In 2016, Albert's daughter (Elizabeth) told the BBC that her mother (Mila) said that Albert told her that Von Epenstein was his father.[10]