Trumps paternal grandparents Frederick Trump and Elizabeth Christ Trump had immigrated to the United States from Germany. Trump is the son and grandson of immigrants German on his fathers side and Scottish on his mothers. Donald John Trump was born on June 14 1946 at Jamaica Hospital in Queens New York City the fourth child of Fred Trump a Bronx-born real-estate developer. What do we know of them Frederick Christ Trump was born in New York in 1905 to German. He was the father of Donald Trump the 45th president of the United States Born in the Bronx to German immigrants Fred began working in home construction..