It’s from Amalija Knavs, Melania’s mother, that Melania inherited her impeccable sense of fashion.

By most accounts, the Knavses are a tight-knit family.

It was there that she would meet her future husband.

Viktor and Amalija Knavs

After Melania’s birth in 1970, the family moved into a more spacious apartment.

“We had a very nice childhood, Diana Kosar, a childhood friend of Melania’s toldUnivision.

“It was a quiet atmosphere.

Viktor and Amalija Knavs travel on Marine One

We had almost everything we needed and more.”

The Knavs family continued prospering.

It’s a house they still own and visit.

Viktor and Amalija Knavs US citizenship  proceedings

In April the same year, Donald Trump proposed to their daughter, Melania.

Melania Trump, herself, was conspicuously absent from the ceremony.

The ceremony might have gone relatively uncommented upon (as intended?)

had it not been for President Trump’s high profile immigration politics.