Donald Trump’s Child Lived in the Countryside After Her Parents Divorced – Her Story Will Surprise You
When people think of Donald Trump’s children, they often imagine a life of privilege, power, and the hustle of Manhattan. But one of his children took a remarkably different path after the divorce of their parents — one that led far from the bright lights of the city and into the quiet, grounded life of the countryside. That child was Tiffany Trump.
Tiffany, the only daughter of Donald Trump and actress Marla Maples, was born into the spotlight in 1993. But after her parents’ high-profile divorce in 1999, her life took a sharp turn away from the glitz typically associated with the Trump name. Rather than growing up in New York’s Trump Tower or frequenting her father’s famous properties, Tiffany was raised by her mother in the rolling hills and open spaces of Calabasas, California — a world apart from the high-pressure world of Trump real estate.
This shift in environment gave Tiffany a very different upbringing compared to her older half-siblings, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric, who were raised under the close mentorship of their father in the heart of the family business. Instead, Tiffany grew up surrounded by artists, musicians, and nature, often far removed from politics and boardrooms. Marla Maples was determined to give her daughter a childhood focused on creativity, spiritual grounding, and independence.
Tiffany’s youth was surprisingly low-key. Despite her famous last name, she didn’t attend lavish private schools in New York but went to a more laid-back California school environment. She played the piano, wrote songs, and even released a pop single called “Like a Bird” in 2011. She was interested in fashion, culture, and self-expression — but all in the context of a relatively normal, if not deeply reflective, suburban life.
It wasn’t until her college years that Tiffany began reentering the Trump sphere more publicly. She attended the University of Pennsylvania, Donald Trump’s alma mater, where she majored in sociology and urban studies. Even then, she largely stayed out of the limelight until her father’s presidential campaign in 2016, when she delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention — a rare moment of political visibility.
What surprises many is how deeply Tiffany values both sides of her upbringing — the grounded spirituality and calm of her mother’s California life, and the powerful, high-stakes energy of her father’s world. She’s often described as the most private and enigmatic of the Trump children, preferring to keep a smaller social circle and avoiding the cutthroat world of family business and media.
In recent years, Tiffany has stepped into her own, earning a law degree from Georgetown and marrying Michael Boulos, a billionaire heir from Nigeria. Despite her roots in two very different worlds, she’s proven herself capable of navigating both — with grace, curiosity, and a sense of identity uniquely her own. Her story is a reminder that even in America’s most famous families, surprises abound — especially when someone chooses their own path.
