Before Melania Trump became the coveted FLOTUS and an emerging Slovenian model working in the United States, she was an ambitious young woman living in Sevnica with her family. 
Raised by her parents, Amalija and Viktor Knavs, and her sister, Ines Knavs, her life was radically different than it is today.
Melania is extremely discreet when it comes to her private life, but her husband Donald has a very loud and public personality that puts them in the spotlight, whether she likes it or not.
Since the spotlight is usually on Donald Trump, former First Lady Melania’s relationship with her parents is usually left in the shadows, without media attention.
But when Melania conspicuously did not attend several Christmas parties with the rest of the Trump family in late 2023, the issue gained momentum. 
Everyone noticed that Donald Trump Jr’s fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle, had posted the family’s annual Christmas photo online in late 2023. Standing in front of a huge Christmas tree, Melania was absent from the photo, while their son Barron appeared in it.
A source commented on the relationship between Melania and her mother, “Melania has always been very devoted to her family. No wonder she spent this Christmas with her ailing mother.”
What we know about the close relationship between Melania Trump and her mother Amalija Knavs