Romano Lukas Hitler, 65 insist he is the only man alive who is directly related to the German responsible for the world's great atrocity.
Romano has his name on his passport, his German ID card, his bank account and his rental contract for his home in the eastern town of Görlitz.
"Adolf Hitler's father Alois had a younger brother. His grandson was my father", said Mr Hitler to German website, MOPO24.
He claims his parents fled communist East Germany and died in Bratislava in Slovakia.
He also claims he was handed over to a monastery and was then adopted by a Polish family. He later returned to Germany as an adult to train as a ship's helmsman.
"But my name has caused me lots of grief down the years," he admits.
He went on: "People are shocked or laugh at me when they hear my name. It was also often the reason why I found no work.
"After me there will be no more Hitlers. That's it, shame must have an end. The name is like a cross to bear and I wish that on nobody.
He added that while people thought Hitler was a bad man, he was a very simple person.
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He was a fearless dictator of Nazi Germany, and was at the centre of World War II in Europe and the Holocaust.
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