Claim: Nato Vachnadze has had three marriages and retained her surname from her first marriage to Merab Vachnadze, father of her first-born son, Tengiz Vachnadze.
Evidence: Her third marriage was with the Soviet navy captain Anatoli Kacharava (1910–1982). She adopted her last name from her first marriage to Merab Vachnadze, with whom she had a son, Tengiz Vachnadze (born 1926), the future architect.