Ancestry of
Donald Trump
45th and 47th U.S. President
Who is Donald Trump?
Donald Trump is an American real estate magnate and television personality who was the 45th and is now the 47th President of the United States. He is the only president to serve non-consecutive terms with the exception of President Grover Cleveland. He was the chairman and president of The Trump Organization, and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts which includes the hotel and casino Trump Taj Mahal. Donald Trump's NBC reality show The Apprentice, helped to turn him into a celebrity where he became known for the phrase, "You're fired!"
Famous Kin
While I currently don't know of any famous kin for Donald Trump outside of his immediate family, his paternal grandparents are from Kallstadt, Germany. It is through them that Donald Trump is said to be a distant cousin of German film director Simone Wendel. Among the films that she directed is Kings of Kallstadt, a documentary about the town and some of the famous descendants of its former residents, including the Trump family and the Heinz Ketchup family.
Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Donald Trump
Henry John Heinz III
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
4th cousin 1 time removed
via Johann Paul Trumpf
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Donald Trump photo by Alex Hanson (CC BY 2.0)
