It's true https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Trump >>Friedrich Trump was born in Kallstadt, Palatinate, then part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, now located in modern-day Germany, to Johannes Trump (1829–1877) and Katharina Kober (1836–1922).[3]:28 Confessionally, the village was Protestant[3]:28–29 in contrast to the Bavarian mainland which was overwhelmingly Catholic. **Trump's earliest known male ancestor is Johann Sebastian Trump (1699–1756),[4][5] neither of whose parents nor place of birth, marriage or death is recorded.[6]** It is unknown where Johann Sebastian's son Johann Paul Trump (1727–1792) was born or where he moved after his marriage.[7] The first link to Kallstadt can be established for Johann Sebastian's grandson Johannes Trump (1789–1836) who was born in Bobenheim am Berg and married in Kallstadt, where he also died.[8][9] **(As to "Drumpf", see Surname section below.)** The Palatinate, then a relatively impoverished region, has been known for its viticulture since the Roman Empire. ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Trump#Surname >>**The immigration records list his name as Friedr. Trumpf.[24][25][26]** The 1910 United States census lists his name as Fred Trump.[27] According to the German Verein für Computergenealogie, Trump's earliest known male ancestor was Johann Sebastian Trump (1699–1756),[4] **neither of whose parents nor place of birth, marriage or death is recorded.[6]** The story of an **itinerant lawyer Hanns Drumpf** presented by Gwenda Blair in her book The Trumps (2000) who settled in Kallstadt in 1608 and whose descendants changed their name from Drumpf to Trump during the Thirty Years' War of the 17th century[28][29] could not be substantiated and is not in accordance with the data provided by the German genealogists.[9] Journalist Kate Connolly, visiting Kallstadt, found several variations in spelling of the surname in the village archives (including Drumb, Tromb, Tromp, Trum, Trumpff, Dromb) but her article does not note "Drumpf".[30] Furthermore, within the online database of the Verein für Computergenealogie, the search for "Drumpf" (in contrast to "Trumpf") **yields no results**.[31] Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Something's fishy about this whole drumpf story