Did a man named Robertson have his brain replaced with his wife's and was that the way in which he found out about her 27 lovers? No, that's just an absurd story and normally it would be too crazy even for us to fact check. But we are doing it anyway because the photo is interesting and so is the source of the translated and copy pasted text.
The story appeared in an article published on November 30, 2018 by the Journal des Insolites titled "Un homme se fait greffé le cerveau de sa femme pour connaître tous ses amants" (archived here) which opened:
En septembre, lors d'une intervention médicale révolutionnaire, un homme dont le cerveau avait été remplacé par le cerveau de sa femme , a découvert que sa femme le trompait avec plus de 27 hommes, son oncle, son beau-fils et même son patron.
Robertson, âgé de 53 ans, originaire de Scranton en Pennsylvanie, a été sauvé miraculeusement d'un cancer du cerveau il y a quelques mois par une greffe réussie du cerveau de sa défunte épouse. Il a reçu le cerveau de sa femme de 37 ans décédée dans un accident de voiture et l'opération avait eu des conséquences imprévues pour le pauvre homme. M. Phil affirme qu'il a été choqué par ce qu'il a découvert dans le cerveau de sa femme qu'il s'était presque suicidé
Translation:
In September, during a revolutionary medical intervention, a man whose brain had been replaced by the brain of his wife, discovered that his wife was cheating on him with more than 27 men, his uncle, his son-in-law and even his boss .
Robertson, 53, from Scranton, Pennsylvania, was miraculously saved from brain cancer a few months ago by a successful brain transplant from his late wife. He received the brain of his 37-year-old wife who died in a car accident and the operation had unforeseen consequences for the poor man. Mr. Phil says he was shocked by what he discovered in his wife's brain that he had almost committed suicide
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Un homme se fait greffé le cerveau de sa femme pour connaître tous ses amants
En septembre, lors d'une intervention médicale révolutionnaire, un homme dont le cerveau avait été remplacé par le cerveau de sa femme , a découvert que sa femme le trompait avec plus de 27 hommes, son
The exact same picture was used yesterday in a satirical story on a Canadian site about a man getting a brain transplant with a female brain and losing the ability to drive (although the picture is from a real patient who had a revolutionary new operation):
Fake News: Man Did NOT Have Woman's Brain Transplanted and Did NOT Have Five Car Crashes in Two Weeks | Lead Stories
Did a man named Phil Robertson from Scranton in Pennsylvania get a brain transplant of a woman who died in a car accident and did he subsequently have five car crashes in two weeks? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian entertainment website that often posts fictional articles about weird crimes, bizarre sex acts or general oddities.
Most of the rest of the article seems to have been copied and translated as well, with just some edits here and there to add the angle about the lovers.
The site that posted the story features a disclaimer that reads:
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Translation:
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