No, Alexa doesn’t confirm Michelle Obama was born Michael. This is Pants on Fire! Alexa gives Michelle Obama’s maiden name when asked if the former first lady “started out as “Michael.” Michelle Obama is not a transgender woman. Though we’ve previously debunked claims that former first lady Michelle Obama is a transgender woman who was born Michael LaVaughn Robinson, that former President Barack Obama referred to her as his "husband, Michael," and that this photo shows her as a man before they married, a video in a recent Instagram post appears to show Alexa suggesting otherwise. "Alexa?" someone can be...