ZUM4866326: November 9, 2016 - File - MELANIA TRUMP, the first immigrant First Lady to occupy the East Wing since 1825. Born in the former Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) in 1970, Melania will become the first foreign-born First Lady since Louisa Adams, wife of President John Adams, nearly two centuries ago. Louisa was the daughter of an American businessman, Joshua Johnson, and an Englishwoman, Katherine Nuth Johnson. Her father worked as consul general of the United States and lived in London, where he met and married Louisa's British mother. Melanie also raised her kids without a nanny. Pictured: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Oscar De La Renta Spring 2003 Fashion Show At Bryant Park In New York New York. 9/15/2003. Donald Trump And Melania Knauss / Bridgeman Images