Caroline Trentini
Trentini in 2015, photo by excelentphoto/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Caroline Aparecida Trentini
Place of Birth: Panambi, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Date of Birth: 6 July, 1987
Ethnicity: German
Caroline Trentini is a Brazilian fashion model. She has appeared on the cover of many major fashion magazines, including ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue, among others.
Caroline is the daughter of Lourdes Bernadete Winter and Oscar Jacob Trentini. She is of ethnic German descent, with roots in Saarland, Germany and Bettange, Moselle, France. Caroline is married to photographer Fabio Bartelt, with whom she has two children.
Caroline’s patrilineal line can be traced to Johann Anton Trentini, who was born, c. 1750, in Scleisien, Germany. He was said to have Italian ancestry.
Caroline’s paternal grandfather was Otto Theobaldo Trentini (the son of Jacob Trentini and Wilhelmine Elisabetha Bauer). Otto was born in Rio Grande do Sul. Jacob was born in Rio Grande do Sul, to parents from Germany, Josef Ferdinand Benedictus Trentini and Maria Margarete Ohlweiler. Wilhelmine was born in Rio Grande do Sul, the daughter of Heinrich Bauer, whose parents were German, and of Ernestine Lohmann, whose father was German and whose mother was the daughter of German parents.
Caroline’s paternal grandmother was Erma Küln (the daughter of Henrique Küln/Kühn Filho and Augusta Redecker). Erma was born in Rio Grande do Sul. Henrique was born in Rio Grande do Sul. Augusta was born in Rio Grande do Sul, the daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm Redecker and Elisa Goldemeier.
Caroline’s maternal grandfather was named José Arlindo Winter.
Caroline’s maternal grandmother was Amalia Irene Kerber (the daughter of Pedro Kerber and Katharina/Catharina Schardong/Shardong). Amalia was born in Rio Grande do Sul. Pedro was born in Rio Grande do Sul, to German parents, Nicolao/Nicolau Kerber and Barbara Welter. Katharina was born in Rio Grande do Sul.
Source: Genealogy of Caroline’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Looks absolutely german, just like Gisele. About 30% of Rio Grande do Sul’s population is of partial or only german ancestry, in some towns it can get to 90%. Trentini really does sound a bit italian but there’s reasonable amount of evidence to back up that her Trentini line is full german.
You are likely correct. I’ve just found something interesting:
“The Trentini line in Brazil has two different origins. Most people descend from Italians who moved here around 1900 and settled in the Southeast and the South of the country. But there is also the Germanic line that can be traced to Anton Trentini, who moved to Germany around 1750. Two of his grandsons immigrated: August Ferdinand Trentini, to the U.S., and Joseph Ferdinand Benedict Trentini, to Brazil.”
http://www.clicrbs.com.br/pdf/17744668.pdf
She doesn’t seem to have any Italian ancestry. Her “Trentini” line is German.
Caroline’s paternal grandfather was Otto Theobaldo Trentini (the son of Jacob Trentini and Wilhelmine Elisabetha Bauer). Otto was born in Rio Grande do Sul. Jacob was born in Rio Grande do Sul, to parents from Germany, Josef Ferdinand Benedictus Trentini and Maria Margarete Ohlweiler. Wilhelmine was born in Rio Grande do Sul, the daughter of Heinrich Bauer, whose parents were German, and of Ernestine Lohmann, whose father was German and whose mother was the daughter of German parents.
Caroline’s paternal grandmother was Erma Küln (the daughter of Henrique Küln/Kühn Filho and Augusta Redecker). Erma was born in Rio Grande do Sul. Henrique was born in Rio Grande do Sul. Augusta was born in Rio Grande do Sul, the daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm Redecker and Elisa Goldmeier.
Caroline’s maternal grandfather was named José Arlindo Winter.
Caroline’s maternal grandmother was Amalia Irene Kerber (the daughter of (the daughter of Pedro Kerber and Katharina/Catharina Schardong/Shardong). Amalia was born in Rio Grande do Sul. Pedro was born in Rio Grande do Sul, to German parents, Nicolao/Nicolau Kerber and Barbara Welter. Katharina was born in Rio Grande do Sul.
Genealogy of Caroline’s father – https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQ9Q-S6K
I mean, just because you can trace the Trentini line back to Germany doesn’t mean that the name didn’t originate in Italy. I’d be surprised if it wasn’t. Could be more recent, could be remote, but obviously Trentini is an Italian surname, probably connected to Trentino.
Odd case. Trentini line traces back to Silesia that is not even close to Trentino.
“likely distant Italian” may be right.
Her 3rd great-grandfather name is even spelled “Ludovico Trentini” in some records. He was from Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate.
I mean, I guess my point was that the name is definitely not German and definitely traces back to Italy, right?
At some point a man named Trentini evidently moved from Northern Italy to Germany and started a new branch of this family.