The Trump dynasty’s roots in Germany and its fortunes in America – the siblings, the wives, the untimely deaths

Friedrich Drumpf – later Trump – and his German wife launched a dynasty that’s spawned a federal judge, a research engineer, a property magnate and a president

President Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, is set to publish an unflattering book about the Trump family history on Tuesday

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Donald Trump (right) with his second wife, Marla Maples, and their daughter, Tiffany, at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1996. Trump’s grandfather, Friedrich, first arrived in New York on a steamship from Germany in 1885. Photo: Getty Images

Published: 4:30pm, 11 Jul 2020Updated: 4:30pm, 11 Jul 2020

The Trump family has been making headlines for decades – first, as bigwigs in the real estate world and now in American politics.

Recently, a new member of the Trump family stepped into the spotlight. US President Donald Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, is set to publish a book, titled Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, next Tuesday.

In the book, Mary Trump is said to reveal that she was a source behind The New York Times’ investigation into her uncle’s finances and that he mocked his father, Fred Trump Snr, as he suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in his later years.

Here’s a look into the dynasty behind the first family of the United States.

Friedrich Trump – born Friedrich Drumpf – emigrated to the US from Germany in 1885 at 16 years old.

Donald Trump’s grandfather, Friedrich Trump – born Friedrich Drumpf – emigrated to the US from Germany in 1885 at the age of 16. Friedrich was born in Kallstadt, Germany, and arrived in New York on a steamship.

“He didn’t know English. He couldn’t possibly have known English. He didn’t have anything like a high school diploma. He was literate, but in German,” Gwenda Blair, the author behind the 2000 book The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire, told The Washington Post.