Donald Trump's grandfather was kicked out of Germany in early 1900s for failing to do his mandatory military service, a German historian has claimed amid the US President-elect's rhetoric on immigration.
A local council letter from 1905 informed Friedrich Trump — who had become a US citizen — that he would not be granted his German citizenship back and that he had eight weeks to leave the country or be deported, CNN quoted historian Roland Paul as saying.
It is understood the notice was issued after the German authorities discovered he had never carried out military service before emigrating to America.
He also claimed that Trump had illegally left Germany, failing to notify authorities of his plan to immigrate.
Friedrich Trump, who built up a fortune through restaurants and boarding houses after arriving in America as an immigrant, was born in the Bavarian town of Kallstadt.
The Trump camp did not immediately respond to questions on the research, the network said.
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