In the hushed corridors of Philippine high society, one physical trait has fuelled a decades-long whisper campaign. It is a facial feature so distinct that it seems to defy the official family tree: a sharp, protruding chin that appears to skip the Marcos patriarch entirely.
For years, this genetic distinctiveness has sustained a persistent urban legend: that Senator Imee Marcos is the biological child of the brash, legendary Mayor of Manila, Arsenio Lacson. However, facts must be separated from folklore.
