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Melania Trump - A First Lady from Europe?

April 19, 2016

That would make her the first presidential spouse be born outside the country in almost 200 years. The former model was born and bred in Slovenia. We look at her personal roots.

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Carolina Melania Trump (r) during a speech in USA Spartanburg, South Carolina (Photo: picture-alliance/newscom/O. Douliery)
Image: picture-alliance/newscom/O. Douliery