The family of
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
, the 45th
president of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States ...
from 2017 to 2021 and owner of
The Trump Organization
The Trump Organization is a group of about 500 business entities of which Donald Trump is the sole or principal owner. Around 250 of these entities use the Trump name. The organization was founded in 1927 by Donald Trump's paternal grandmothe ...
, is a prominent American family active in real estate, entertainment, business, and politics. Trump, his wife
Melania, and son Barron were the
first family of the United States for the duration of his presidency. Trump's paternal grandparents,
Frederick Trump
Frederick Trump (born Friedrich Trump, ; March 14, 1869 – May 30, 1918) was a German-born American barber and businessman. He was the patriarch of the Trump family and the paternal grandfather of Donald Trump, the 45th President of the Unite ...
and
Elizabeth Christ Trump
Elizabeth Christ Trump (born Elisabeth Christ; ; October 10, 1880 – June 6, 1966) was a German-American businesswoman and the paternal grandmother of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. She married Frederick Trump in 1902. ...
, had immigrated to the United States from
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. Donald Trump's mother,
Mary Anne MacLeod, came from the
Hebridean
The Hebrides (; gd, Innse Gall, ; non, Suðreyjar, "southern isles") are an archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland. The islands fall into two main groups, based on their proximity to the mainland: the Inner and Outer Hebri ...
Isle of Lewis, off the west coast of
Scotland
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. Trump has five children from three wives, and 10 grandchildren.
Immediate family
Wives
Ivana Trump
Ivana Marie Trump (
née Zelníčková), the first wife of Donald Trump, was born on February 20, 1949, in
Zlín
Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; german: Zlin) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 73,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice river. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the ...
,
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
(now the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
). She was a fashion model and businesswoman who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1988. They were married from 1977 until 1992. Ivana Trump died at her home in New York City at age 73 on July 14, 2022.
Ivana was a senior executive of
The Trump Organization
The Trump Organization is a group of about 500 business entities of which Donald Trump is the sole or principal owner. Around 250 of these entities use the Trump name. The organization was founded in 1927 by Donald Trump's paternal grandmothe ...
for seven years, including executive vice president for interior design.
She led the interior design of Trump Tower with its signature pink marble.
Ivana was appointed CEO and president of the
Trump Castle Hotel and Casino in
Atlantic City and later became the manager of the
Plaza Hotel in
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
.
Ivana Trump was vice president of interior design for the company, leading the signature design of
Trump Tower
Trump Tower is a 58-story, mixed-use skyscraper at 721–725 Fifth Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, between East 56th and 57th Streets. The building contains the headquarters for the Trump Organization, as well ...
. Afterwards, her then-husband appointed her to head up the Trump Castle Hotel and Casino as president.
Marla Maples
Melania Trump
Melania Trump (née Knavs), the third wife of Donald Trump, was born on April 26, 1970, in
Novo Mesto
Novo Mesto (; sl, Novo mesto; also known by other alternative names) is a city on a bend of the Krka River in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The town is traditionally considered ...
,
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
(present-day
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
). She had a lengthy modeling career and is the second foreign-born
first lady of the United States, the first being
Louisa Adams
Louisa Catherine Adams ( ''née'' Johnson; February 12, 1775 – May 15, 1852) was the First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829 during the presidency of John Quincy Adams.
Early life
Adams was born on February 12, 1775, in the City ...
. They were married in 2005. Melania became a
naturalized U.S. citizen
Citizenship of the United States is a legal status that entails Americans with specific rights, duties, protections, and benefits in the United States. It serves as a foundation of fundamental rights derived from and protected by the Constit ...
in 2006. She did not immediately move into the
White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in ...
when her husband became president, but remained at Trump Tower with their son Barron until the end of the 2016–2017 school year. He and his mother moved to the White House on June 11, 2017.
Children
Trump has five children from three marriages:
DonJr.,
Ivanka, and
Eric Trump
Eric Frederick Trump (born January 6, 1984) is an American businessman, activist, and former reality television presenter. He is the third child and second son of Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and his fir ...
with
Ivana Trump
Ivana Marie Trump (, ; February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a Czech-American businesswoman, media personality, socialite, fashion designer, author, and model. Ivana lived in Canada in the 1970s before relocating to the United States and m ...
;
Tiffany Trump
Tiffany Ariana Trump (born October 13, 1993) is the fourth child of former U.S. President Donald Trump and his only child with his second wife, Marla Maples. She is a legal research assistant at Georgetown University Law Center.
Early life an ...
with
Marla Maples
Marla Ann Maples (born October 27, 1963) is an American actress, television personality, model, singer and presenter. She was the second wife of Donald Trump. They married in 1993, two months after the birth of their daughter Tiffany, and div ...
; and Barron Trump with
Melania Trump
Melania Trump ( ; born Melanija Knavs , Germanized as Melania Knauss ; born April 26, 1970) is a Slovene-American former model and businesswoman who served as First Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021 as the wife of 45th president Do ...
.
First marriage
Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric are Trump's three eldest children, from his first marriage with Ivana Trump.
Prior to the election, each of the siblings held the title of executive vice president at
the Trump Organization
The Trump Organization is a group of about 500 business entities of which Donald Trump is the sole or principal owner. Around 250 of these entities use the Trump name. The organization was founded in 1927 by Donald Trump's paternal grandmothe ...
. During the campaign, they served as surrogates for their father on national news programs. Following Trump's election victory, all three were named to the
presidential transition team.
Following the inauguration, DonaldJr. and Eric took charge of the family's real estate empire. Ivanka moved to Washington, D.C., with her husband
Jared Kushner
Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman and investor. He served as a senior advisor to 45th U.S. president Donald Trump, his father-in-law. Since leaving the White House, Kushner founded Affinity Partners, a pri ...
, who was appointed to a
senior White House advisory position.
Second marriage
Tiffany Ariana Trump (born October 13, 1993) is Donald Trump's only child with Marla Maples. In 2016, she participated little in her father's campaign because she was studying
sociology
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and
urban studies
Urban studies is based on the study of the urban development of cities. This includes studying the history of city development from an architectural point of view, to the impact of urban design on community development efforts. The core theoretica ...
at the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
. Shortly after graduating, she made a supportive speech for her father at the
Republican National Convention at age 22.
Third marriage
= Barron Trump
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Barron William Trump (born March 20, 2006)
is Trump's youngest child and his only child with
Melania Trump
Melania Trump ( ; born Melanija Knavs , Germanized as Melania Knauss ; born April 26, 1970) is a Slovene-American former model and businesswoman who served as First Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021 as the wife of 45th president Do ...
. In May 2006, Barron Trump was
baptized at the
Episcopal Church of
Bethesda-by-the-Sea
Bethesda-by-the-Sea is an Episcopal Church by the Lake Worth Lagoon in Palm Beach, Florida. It is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and the oldest existing congregation in Palm Beach. The church building is an example of the go ...
in Palm Beach, Florida. He attended the
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School ("Columbia Grammar", "Columbia Prep", "CGPS", "Columbia") is the oldest nonsectarian independent school in New York City, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan (5 West 93rd Street). The school serves gr ...
in
Manhattan
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. In addition to English, Barron is fluent in
Slovene.
Barron is known to be a fan of
soccer. He appeared in an
Arsenal F.C. jersey and met
D.C. United
D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...
players at the
White House Easter Egg Roll
Egg rolling, or an Easter egg roll is a traditional game played with eggs at Easter. Different nations have different versions of the game, usually played with hard-boiled, decorated eggs.
History
In Christianity, for the celebration of Easterti ...
in April 2017. In September 2017, he was selected to join the
U-12 team for
D.C. United's Development Academy for the 2017–2018 season. As of February 2019, Barron played with the Arlington Soccer Association.
As of August 2021, he attended
Oxbridge Academy, a private college-preparatory high school in
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is located immediately to the west of the adjacent Palm Beach, which is situated on a barrier island across the Lake Worth Lagoon. The populati ...
.
Grandchildren
Donald Trump has 10 grandchildren.
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977) is an American political activist, businessman, author, and former television presenter. He is the eldest child of Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and his firs ...
and his former wife
Vanessa Vanessa may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Vanessa'' (Millais painting), an 1868 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais
* ''Vanessa'', a 1933 novel by Hugh Walpole
* ''Vanessa'', a 1952 instrumental song written by Bernie ...
had five children,
Ivanka Trump
Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump (; born October 30, 1981) is an American businesswoman and the first daughter of Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. She was a senior advisor in his administration, and also was the ...
and her husband
Jared Kushner
Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman and investor. He served as a senior advisor to 45th U.S. president Donald Trump, his father-in-law. Since leaving the White House, Kushner founded Affinity Partners, a pri ...
three, and
Eric Trump
Eric Frederick Trump (born January 6, 1984) is an American businessman, activist, and former reality television presenter. He is the third child and second son of Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and his fir ...
and his wife
Lara
Lara may refer to:
Places
* Lara (state), a state in Venezuela
*Electoral district of Lara, an electoral district in Victoria, Australia
* Lara, Antalya, an urban district in Turkey
* Lara, Victoria, a township in Australia
* Lara de los In ...
two.
Ancestry
![Kallstadt Hauptstrasse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Kallstadt_Hauptstrasse.jpg)
According to biographer
Gwenda Blair
Gwenda Linda Blair (born 1943) is an American author and journalist known for her biographies of Jessica Savitch, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and the family of Donald Trump. She is an adjunct associate professor at the Columbia University Graduate Schoo ...
, the family descended from an itinerant lawyer, Hanns Drumpf, who settled in Kallstadt, a village in the
Palatinate, Germany, in 1608, and whose descendants changed their name from Drumpf to Trump during the
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle ...
of the early 17th century.
The last name Trump is on record in
Kallstadt since the 18th century.
[Verein für Computergenealogie]
Vorfahren von Friederich "Fritz" Trump
Journalist Kate Connolly, visiting Kallstadt, found several variations in spelling of the surname in the village archives, including Drumb, Tromb, Tromp, Trum, Trumpff, and Dromb. There are no indications that other spellings of the name, including Trumpf, could be related to the Trumps.
Johannes Trump, born in the nearby village
Bobenheim am Berg in 1789, had established himself by the early 1830s as a winegrower in Kallstadt where his grandson,
Friedrich Trump, the grandfather of Donald Trump, was born in 1869.
Several of his descendants also were vintners in Kallstadt, one of many villages in the famous wine-growing region of the
Palatinate (''Pfalz'').
Johannes Trump's sister Charlotte Louisa married Johann Georg Heinz. Their son Johann Heinrich (John Henry) Heinz (1811–1891), who emigrated to the United States in 1840, was the father of
Henry J. Heinz (1844–1919), founder of the
Heinz company and Donald Trump's second cousin twice removed.
This German heritage was long concealed by Donald Trump's father,
Fred Trump
Frederick Christ Trump Sr. (October 11, 1905 – June 25, 1999) was an American real estate developer and businessman. A member of the Trump family, he was the father of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.
In partnership w ...
, who had grown up in a mainly German-speaking environment until he was ten years old; after
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
and until the 1980s, he told people he was of Swedish ancestry. Donald Trump repeated this version in ''The Art of the Deal'' (1987) but later said he is "proud" of his German heritage, and served as
grand marshal
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of the 1999
German-American Steuben Parade
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in
New York City
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.
The Trump family in Germany were
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...
. Donald Trump's parents attended
First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica
The First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica is located in Jamaica, Queens, a neighborhood of New York City. Organized in 1662, it is the oldest continuously serving Presbyterian church in the United States.
History
The church was first organized ...
, Queens, where Trump was
confirmed
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in 1959.
Family tree
* Johann Paul Trump (1727–1792), married Maria Elisabetha Setzer
** Charlotte Louisa Trump (1789–1833), married Johann Georg Heinz
*** John Henry Heinz (1811–1891), emigrated to the United States in 1840, married Anna Margaretha Schmidt (1822–1899), emigrated to the United States in 1840
****
Henry J. Heinz (1844–1919), founder of the
Heinz company
** Johannes Trump (1789–1835), married Susanna Maria Bechtloff
*** Johannes Christian Trump (1829–1877), married Katharina Kober (1836–1922)
****
Friedrich Trump (1869–1918), barber, restaurant and hotel manager, married to
Elisabeth Christ, moved to the United States in 1885/1905
***** Elizabeth (Elisabeth) Trump (1904–1961), married William O. Walter
******
John Whitney Walter
John Whitney Walter (April 17, 1934 – January 5, 2018) was an American historian, engineer, businessperson, and politician, as well as a first cousin of former United States President Donald Trump. He worked for The Trump Organization and was t ...
(1934–2018), referred to as the Trump "family historian", married Joan Walter
******* Christine Walter
******* Nancy Walter
*****
Frederick Christ Trump (1905–1999), real estate developer, married
Mary MacLeod
Mary Macleod (born 4 January 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentford and Isleworth from the 2010 general election until the 2015 general election, when she was defeated by Ruth C ...
(1912–2000)
******
Maryanne Trump (born 1937), federal judge, married/divorced David Desmond; married John Barry
******* David William Desmond married Lisa Aitken
******
Frederick Crist "Freddy" Trump Jr. (1938–1981),
TWA
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pilot, married/divorced Linda Clapp
******* Frederick Crist "Fritz" Trump III (born 1962) married Lisa Beth Lorant
*******
Mary Lea Trump (born 1965), psychologist, author, married/divorced Dina Nowak
******** Avary Trump
****** Elizabeth Joan Trump (born 1942), married James Walter Grau
*******
******
Donald John Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
(born 1946), real estate developer, 45th President of the United States, married/divorced
Ivana Zelníčková; married/divorced
Marla Maples
Marla Ann Maples (born October 27, 1963) is an American actress, television personality, model, singer and presenter. She was the second wife of Donald Trump. They married in 1993, two months after the birth of their daughter Tiffany, and div ...
; married
Melania Knauss
Melania Trump ( ; born Melanija Knavs , Germanized as Melania Knauss ; born April 26, 1970) is a Slovene-American former model and businesswoman who served as First Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021 as the wife of 45th president Do ...
*******
Donald John "Donny" Trump Jr. (born 1977; of first marriage), married/divorced
Vanessa Haydon
Vanessa Kay Trump (née Pergolizzi, later Haydon; born December 18, 1977) is an American former model. She married Donald Trump Jr. in 2005 and they divorced in 2018. She was born in New York City.
Early life
She grew up in a townhouse on the ...
*******
Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump (born 1981; of first marriage), married
Jared Kushner
Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman and investor. He served as a senior advisor to 45th U.S. president Donald Trump, his father-in-law. Since leaving the White House, Kushner founded Affinity Partners, a pri ...
*******
Eric Trump
Eric Frederick Trump (born January 6, 1984) is an American businessman, activist, and former reality television presenter. He is the third child and second son of Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and his fir ...
(born 1984; of first marriage), married
Lara Yunaska
*******
Tiffany Trump
Tiffany Ariana Trump (born October 13, 1993) is the fourth child of former U.S. President Donald Trump and his only child with his second wife, Marla Maples. She is a legal research assistant at Georgetown University Law Center.
Early life an ...
(born 1993; of second marriage)
******* Barron Trump (born 2006; of third marriage)
******
Robert Trump
Robert Stewart Trump (August 26, 1948 – August 15, 2020) was an American businessman and investor. He was the younger brother of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Early life and education
Robert Trump was born in Queens, New York City, on ...
(1948–2020),
married/divorced
Blaine Beard; married Ann Marie Pallan
*****
John George Trump
John George Trump (August 21, 1907 – February 21, 1985) was an American electrical engineer, inventor, and physicist. A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1936 to 1973, he was a recipient of the National Medal of Scie ...
(1907–1985), married Elora Sauerbrun (1913–1983)
******John Gordon Trump (1938–2012)
******Christine Trump Philp (1942–2021)
****** Karen Trump Ingraham
Parents
Fred Trump
![FredTrump1950-02](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/FredTrump1950-02.png)
Donald Trump's father, Fred Trump (1905–1999), born in New York, was a successful real estate developer in New York City.
Using their inheritance, Fred Trump and his mother Elizabeth founded E. Trump & Son in 1927. The company grew to build and manage single-family houses in
Queens
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...
, barracks and garden apartments for
U.S. Navy
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personnel near major shipyards along the East Coast, and more than 27,000 apartments in New York City.
Trump was investigated by a
U.S. Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
committee for
profiteering in 1954,
and again by the
State of New York
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in 1966.
Donald Trump became the president of his father's real estate business in 1971, and renamed it the Trump Organization around 1973. That year, Donald and his father were sued by the
U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division for violating the
Fair Housing Act.
In the mid-1970s, Donald received loans from his father exceeding $14million (later claimed by Donald to have been only $1million).
Donald served as the Trump Organization's chairman and president until assuming the office of
U.S. president
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States ...
.
Mary Anne MacLeod Trump
Born as Mary Anne MacLeod (1912–2000) in
Tong Tong may refer to:
Chinese
*Tang Dynasty, a dynasty in Chinese history when transliterated from Cantonese
*Tong (organization), a type of social organization found in Chinese immigrant communities
*''tong'', pronunciation of several Chinese char ...
, a small village near
Stornoway, in the
Western Isles
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of Scotland, she was a daughter of fisherman Malcolm MacLeod and Mary MacLeod (née Smith).
At age 17, she immigrated to the United States with $50 (equivalent to $855 in 2022), and moved in with a sister before starting work as a
maid in New York.
Mary and Fred Trump met in New York and married in 1936, settling together in
Queens
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...
. Mary became a U.S. citizen in 1942.
While visiting Scotland in June 2008, Donald Trump said in part, "I think I do feel Scottish."
Grandparents
Frederick Trump
In 1885, Donald Trump's grandfather, Friedrich Trump, emigrated from Kallstadt, Palatinate (then part of the
Kingdom of Bavaria
The Kingdom of Bavaria (german: Königreich Bayern; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1805 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German ...
), to the United States at age 16. He
anglicized
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his name to ''Frederick'' in 1892 when he became a U.S. citizen.
During the
Klondike Gold Rush, he amassed a fortune by opening a restaurant and hotel in
Bennett and later
Whitehorse
Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas ...
, serving
gold seekers on their way to the region; one biographer wrote that the business included a brothel, a portrayal Donald Trump has said was "totally false". On attempting to return, Frederick was exiled by Germany in 1905 for his lack of mandatory military service and not giving authorities notice before his 1885 departure; an appeal was denied. He died in the first wave of the
Spanish flu
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pandemic in 1918. After his death, his fortune was passed on to his wife and son.
Elizabeth Christ Trump
Donald Trump's grandmother, Elizabeth Christ Trump, was born in 1880 and died on June 6, 1966. She married Frederick Trump in 1902 and moved to the United States with him. Like her husband, she was a native of Kallstadt, born as the daughter of Philipp and Marie Christ. Philipp Christ was descended from Johannes Christ (1626–1688/9) of
Flörsheim,
Hesse
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. Elizabeth Christ Trump was a descendant of
organ builder
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The organ builder usually receives a commission to design an organ with a particular disposition of stops, manuals, and actions, creates a d ...
Johann Michael Hartung (1708–1763) through her paternal grandmother Sabina Christ.
Siblings
Maryanne Trump Barry
Maryanne Barry (born 1937) is Donald Trump's eldest sister. She was a
senior federal judge on the
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
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* District of Delaware
* District of New Jersey
* E ...
, became inactive in 2017 after her brother took office, and retired in 2019.
Fred Trump Jr.
Frederick "Freddy" TrumpJr. (1938–1981)
was Donald Trump's older brother. On September 26, 1981,
at the age of 42, he died from a heart attack.
Elizabeth Trump Grau
Elizabeth Trump Grau (born 1942) is an older sister of Donald Trump. In 1989, she married film producer James Grau.
She worked as an administrative assistant for
Chase Manhattan Bank
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase Bank or often as Chase, is an American national bank headquartered in New York City, that constitutes the consumer and commercial banking subsidiary of the U.S. multinational banking and fi ...
,
before retiring to Florida.
Robert Trump
Robert Trump
Robert Stewart Trump (August 26, 1948 – August 15, 2020) was an American businessman and investor. He was the younger brother of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Early life and education
Robert Trump was born in Queens, New York City, on ...
(1948–2020) was Donald Trump's younger brother. He was a business executive who managed Trump Management Inc, the Trump Organization's real estate holdings outside Manhattan. He was an investor in SHiRT LLC, one of two owners of Virginia-based CertiPathx which was awarded a $33million government contract in 2019.
Robert Trump married
Blaine Beard in 1980. They were divorced in 2009 after Trump had left his wife for Trump Organization employee Ann Marie Pallan. He married Pallan in early 2020. Trump died on August 15, 2020, at the age of 71. According to ''The New York Times'', he had been having
brain bleeds after a recent fall.
Other relatives
John G. Trump
Donald Trump's paternal uncle John George Trump (1907–1985) was an electrical engineer, inventor and physicist who developed rotational
radiation therapy
Radiation therapy or radiotherapy, often abbreviated RT, RTx, or XRT, is a therapy using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells and normally delivered by a linear accelerator. Radi ...
, and, together with
Robert J. Van de Graaff, one of the first million-volt
X-ray generator
An X-ray generator is a device that produces X-rays. Together with an X-ray detector, it is commonly used in a variety of applications including medicine, X-ray fluorescence, electronic assembly inspection, and measurement of material thicknes ...
s. He was a recipient of
Ronald Reagan's
National Medal of Science
The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social scienc ...
and a member of the
National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of ...
.
John W. Walter
Trump's first cousin John W. Walter (1934–2018) was a son of father Fred's sister Elizabeth Trump and William Walter.
He worked for the Trump Organization for most of his life and was executive vice president of Trump Management, Inc.
He shared ownership of All County Building Supply & Maintenance Corp with Donald Trump, Maryanne Trump Barry, Elizabeth Trump Grau, and Robert Trump.
Walter also served as the mayor of
Flower Hill, New York
Flower Hill is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The eastern half is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Roslyn. Western and northe ...
between 1988 and 1996, and as its historian from 1996 until his death in 2018.
Mary L. Trump
Donald Trump's niece Mary L. Trump is a
clinical psychologist, businessperson, and author who wrote a book about Donald Trump and the family titled ''
Too Much and Never Enough
''Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man'' is a tell-all book written by American psychologist Mary L. Trump about her uncle, former U.S. President Donald Trump, and his family. It was published by Simon ...
'' (2020).
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German-American history
Donald
Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...