Not much is known about his mother. Heritage-wise Donald Trump's parents had roots in Scotland, where Mary MacLeod was born, and in Kallstadt, Germany, where Fred Charles's father Friedrich, was born. http://www.magazineusa.com/us/info/show.aspx?unit=originals&doc=502 All thats known about his mother Mary Macleod is that she was born on 10 May 1912 in Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
She died on 7 Aug 2000 at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY. Fred Trump and Mary Macleod were married in Jan 1936 in New York City, NY. They had five children.
As a child, Donald Trump's parents sent him to military school because he was considered to be "a bit out of control." He ended up becoming a star cadet at the New York Military Academy and then went on to the Wharton School of Finance in Philadelphia. He was well on his way to becoming one of the most well-known business tycoons in the country.
http://www.biography.com/tv/listings/trump_d_new.html Side note: Donald Trumps grandfather ... more.
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