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Kennedy political family

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John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy

The Kennedy family is a prominent family in American politics and government descending from the marriage of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. The predominantly Democratic family is known for its political liberalism. Perhaps the best known Kennedy is the late President of the United States John F. Kennedy.

The Kennedy family is often compared to the Adams and the Bush families as among the great American political families. All three families have strong roots in the New England area of the United States.

Some commentators in the early 1960s made predictions that President John F. Kennedy would be first of a dynasty in the White House, but these predictions were not borne out, and the idea largely dropped off the public's radar after Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968 and Senator Edward Kennedy was involved in a possible drunk-driving incident (in which a passenger in his car was killed) in 1969. However, a number of Kennedy family members have held high office since then.

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Family tree

First generation

The family patriarch was Patrick J. Kennedy (18581929) who married Mary Augusta Hickey. Patrick Kennedy was a politician involved in the local Democratic Party.

Second generation

In 1914, their son, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (18881969), married Rose Fitzgerald (18901995), the daughter of Boston Mayor John F. Fitzgerald. Joe Sr. served as ambassador to the United Kingdom in the years leading up to World War II.

Third generation

Together Rose and Joe Sr. had nine children:

Fourth generation

The most famous Kennedy of the current generation is the late John F. Kennedy Jr., a lawyer and publisher of George magazine, who was killed in a plane crash in 1999.

Several of the current generation are involved in public affiars:

Fourth Generation kids include Jean Smith's Kids, Stephen Jr., William, Amanda and Kim. Patricia Lawford's Kids, Christopher, Sydney, Robin and Victoria. Robert Kennedy's kids are Kathleen, Joseph II, Robert Jr., David, Mary Courtney, Michael, Mary Kerry, Christopher, Maxwell, Douglas, and Rory. Edward Kennedy's kids are Kara, Edward Jr., and Patrick. Eunice Shriver's kids include Robert, Maria, Timothy, Mark and Anthony.

See also

External links

  • "The Kennedys: A Family Tree" http://www.sptimes.com/News/111199/JFK/family-tree.shtml , St. Petersburg Times Online
  • Kennedy Family Tree http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kennedys/sfeature/sf_tree.html , The American Experience (PBS)
  • Kennedy Family Tree, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kennedys/sfeature/sf_tree.html Ancestry.com
  • The Kennedy family at Political Graveyard http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/1427.html
  • The Kennedys http://www.kennedy-web.com/ , links to various pages and message boards.
Last updated: 02-10-2005 19:21:21
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