Birth Name: Lara Lea Yunaska
Place of Birth: Nеw Hanover, North Carolina, United States
Date of Birth: October 12, 1982
Ethnicity: English, German, 1/8th Hungarian, 1/8th Slovak, remote Swiss-German and Dutch
Lara Trump is an American journalist and associate producer. She works at the CBS television news program Inside Edition. Lara is the daughter of Linda Ann (Sykes) and Robert Luke Yunaska.
Lara is married to Eric Trump, who is the son of Ivana Trump (born Ivana Marie Zelníčková), a model, and Donald Trump, a businessperson and television personality.
An article in the New York Post said:
The couple [Eric and Lara Trump], who have been together for six years, wed under a crystal-embellished chuppa in a ceremony officiated by Ivanka Trump’s husband, Jared Kushner.
This was interpreted by some, including the Jewish magazine Tablet, as meaning that the wedding was Jewish, and other sources therefore reported that Lara is Jewish. This is not accurate (Lara is not Jewish).
Lara’s paternal grandfather was Luke Max Yunaska (the son of Jozef/Joseph Yunaska and Suzanna/Susan Hanko). Jozef was Hungarian. Suzanna was reportedly born in Czechoslovakia. Her second husband, John Milan, was Slovak, so she might have been too.
Lara’s paternal grandmother Marion Jean Shealer (the daughter of Edgar George Shealer and Marion R. Plank). Edgar was the son of George Washington Shealer and Eleanora “Ella” Lucinda Kelly. Marion was the daughter of Henry Edwin Plank and Annie May Kitzmiller.
Lara’s maternal grandfather was Herman Leroy Sykes (the son of James Mordicae Sykes and Minnie Clewis). James was the son of Chas Sikes and Margarett Emirs. Minnie was the daughter of Richard L. Clewis and Martha Jane Oliver.
Lara’s maternal grandmother was named Dorothy Page Moore.
Sources: Genealogy of Lara Trump – https://webb-site.com
Genealogy of Lara’s paternal grandfather, Luke Max Yunaska – http://www.wikitree.com
Lara’s paternal grandfather, Luke Max Yunaska, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Luke Max Yunaska on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Lara’s paternal grandfather, Luke Max Yunaska – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary and genealogy of Lara’s paternal grandmother, Marion Jean (Shealer) Yunaska – http://www.findagrave.com
Genealogies of Lara’s paternal great-grandmother, Marion R. Plank – https://familysearch.org
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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