Beware Of Vintage Photo Supposedly Showing Rothschild Family Posing With ‘Demon’
In early February 2026, a vintage black-and-white image resurfaced online allegedly showing the Rothschild family, a European banking dynasty stretching back several centuries, standing in front of a house alongside a creature that looked like a demon.
The claim: A vintage black-and-white photo shared online for years shows members of the Rothschild family standing next to a demon.
For example, one X user who posted the picture wrote: “Wait, what? So this was actually a real Rothschild Family Photo. Wild.”
(X user @BGatesIsaPyscho)
Examples of the claim appeared on X and Facebook as early as 2024. One X user wanted to know if the picture had been manipulated, while others replied to the post asking whether the image was real.
However, details in the image revealed it was generated using artificial intelligence (AI) software. The facial features of the two children — such as the ears, eyes, noses and mouths — were visibly distorted, along with the collars of the two men. Such inconsistencies are a common feature of AI-generated images.
AI-detection sites Umm-Maybe AI and Hive Moderation both concluded the picture was highly likely to be AI-generated. (It should be noted that such tools are fallible and therefore are not sufficient, on their own, to determine the authenticity of a photo.)
Given the above, we rated this photo fake.
(Hugging Face / Umm-Maybe AI-image-detector)
(Hive Moderation AI-Generated Content Detection)
According to a reverse image search, a Tumblr account posted the earliest iteration of the picture in late May 2023, alongside other clearly AI-generated images. It was not possible to confirm whether the Tumblr account posted the original version of the photo.
Additionally, other social media users had previously used the same image to satirize numerous families and groups whom they jokingly claimed it depicted, such as the British royal family, the family of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and British Conservative politician Jacob Rees-Mogg’s family.
The Rothschilds are best known as a European banking dynasty stretching back several centuries. They are frequently the target of misinformation and antisemitic conspiracy theories, such as linking the family to the Illuminati, the New World Order, and other shadowy groups that supposedly influence world governments. They have also been blamed for starting wars for personal gain, funding the Holocaust, and assassinating U.S. presidents.