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Family tree

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First generation

The family patriarch was Patrick J. Kennedy (1858–1929), a first-generation American who married Mary Augusta Hickey. He was a politician involved in the local Democratic Party.

Second generation

In 1914, their son, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (1888–1969) married Rose Fitzgerald (1890–1995), the daughter of Boston Mayor John F. Fitzgerald. Joe Sr. served as the first Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom in the years leading up to World War II.

Third generation

Together Rose and Joe Sr. had nine children:

• Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. (1915–1944)
  • He died when taking part in Operation Aphrodite as a pilot of a modified B-24 Liberator drone bomber which accidentally exploded and crashed over Blyth Estuary near Suffolk England. For this act, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. He was single at the time of his death and had no children, though he had been romantically linked to Edith Bouvier Beale, a cousin of his future sister-in-law Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, as well as Katharine Mortimer. (The latter reportedly rebuffed any more serious involvement with Joe Jr., claiming that his family was too active for her to contemplate marrying into.)
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–1963)
  • Sometimes referred to as "Jack" or "JFK", he was a U.S. representative, a U.S. senator and the 35th President of the United States. He was assassinated during a motorcade in Dallas, TX. The events surrounding his death remain controversial. He married New York socialite Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and had four children, one of whom was stillborn, one died soon after birth, and two survived to adulthood.
• Rosemary Kennedy (1918–2005)
  • Likely dyslexic and considered to be slightly brain-damaged from birth, Rose Marie Kennedy (her christening name) was rendered incapable of intelligible speech or caring for herself by a lobotomy, a popular neurosurgical technique of the time, requested by her father, Joe Sr., that was intended to cure her increasing mood swings and make her more manageable. The operation instead reduced her to an infantile state. She lived in a residential care facility in Wisconsin until her death on January 7 2005.
• Kathleen Agnes Kennedy (1920–1948)
  • Known as Kick, she married a Protestant, the son and heir to the Duke of Devonshire, over her mother's strenuous religious objections. After being widowed when her husband, the Marquess of Hartington, was killed in action in World War II, she was killed in a plane crash in France with her lover, the 8th Earl Fitzwilliam.
• Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921–2009)
  • She is best known as the co-founder of the Special Olympics, an organization she began in honor of her sister Rosemary. She married Robert Sargent Shriver Jr., later a 1972 vice-presidential candidate, and they had five children. She died on August 11, 2009.
• Patricia Kennedy (1924–2006)
  • She married Rat Pack actor Peter Lawford (1923–1984) and had four children.
• Robert Francis Kennedy (1925–1968)
  • He was U.S. attorney general in his brother's administration, later served as senator from New York, and was assassinated while running for president in June 1968. He married Ethel Skakel and had 11 children.
• Jean Ann Kennedy (born 1928)
  • She married Stephen Edward Smith (1927–1990) and had two sons and adopted two daughters. She later served as the U.S. ambassador to Ireland.
• Edward Moore Kennedy (1932–2009)
  • Known as "Teddy" or "Ted", he served as a senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009. Twice married, he had three children from his first marriage and two stepchildren from his second. On May 20, 2008, it was announced that he had a malignant brain tumor. In the next year, brain cancer severely limited his Senate appearances. He died on August 25, 2009.

Fourth generation

• Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. had no children.

• John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis had four children:
  1. Arabella Kennedy (1956) — stillborn.
  2. Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (b. 1957) — a lawyer, a co-founder of the Profile in Courage Award, the president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and the chairwoman of the American Ballet Theatre. Married Edwin Schlossberg, has three children.
  3. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. (1960–1999) — a lawyer and the publisher of George magazine, who was killed in a plane crash on July 16, 1999. Married Carolyn Bessette, who died in the same crash. They had no children.
  4. Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (1963–1963) — was born prematurely and died from infant respiratory-distress syndrome two days after his birth.

• Rosemary Kennedy had no children.

• Kathleen Kennedy and William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington had no children.

• Eunice Kennedy and Sargent Shriver had five children:
  1. Robert Sargent Shriver III (b. 1954) — an attorney and the president of RSS Inc., a Beverly Hills, California, music, film and philanthropic company; a Santa Monica, California, city councilman. Married Malissa Ferzuzzi, has two children.
  2. Maria Owings Shriver (b. 1955) — a former television news anchor; First Lady of California as wife of Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; has four children.
  3. Timothy Perry Shriver (b. 1959) — the chairman of Special Olympics. Married Linda S. Potter, has five children.
  4. Mark Kennedy Shriver (b. 1964) — a Delegate in the Maryland General Assembly. Married Jeannie Ripp, has three children.
  5. Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver (b. 1965) — an activist for mental retardation and founded Best Buddies International. Married Alina Mojica, has five children.

• Patricia Kennedy and Peter Lawford had four children:
  1. Christopher Kennedy Lawford — a professional actor. Divorced from Jeannie Olson, has three children.
  2. Sydney Maleia Lawford — married (James) Peter McKevley, has four children.
  3. Victoria Francis Lawford — married Robert Pender, has three children.
  4. Robin Elizabeth Lawford

• Robert Francis Kennedy and Ethel Skakel had eleven children:
  1. Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend — former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Maryland. Married David Lee Townsend, has four children.
  2. Joseph Patrick Kennedy II — former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Divorced from Sheila Rauch, two sons; married to Anne Elizabeth ("Beth") Kelly, no children.
  3. Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. — an environmentalist and political commentator, attorney and law professor at Pace University School of Law; best known for his many successful litigations to prevent water pollution, primarily in the New York area. Divorced from Emily Ruth Black (two children); married Mary Richardson, (four children).
  4. David Anthony Kennedy — died of a drug overdose on April 25, 1984.
  5. Mary Courtney Kennedy — divorced from Jeffrey Robert Ruhe and separated from Paul Michael Hill, has one child.
  6. Michael LeMoyne Kennedy — was the head of his brother Joseph's non-profit organization. Died in a skiing accident on December 31, 1997. Separated (before death) from Victoria Gifford, a daughter of Frank Gifford, had three children.
  7. Mary Kerry Kennedy — divorced from Andrew Cuomo, has three children.
  8. Christopher George Kennedy — the president of Merchandise Mart commercial properties based in Chicago, Illinois. Married Sheila Sinclair Berner, has four children.
  9. Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy — an author and lawyer. Married Victoria Anne Stauss, has three children.
  10. Douglas Harriman Kennedy — a journalist. Married Mary Elizabeth Stark, has three children.
  11. Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy — an award-winning documentary filmmaker and producer. Married Mark Bailey, has two children.

• Jean Ann Kennedy and Stephen Edward Smith had four children:
  1. Stephen Edward Smith, Jr.
  2. William Kennedy Smith — 1991 rape acquittal, a physician and activist against land mines.
  3. Amanda Mary Smith — married (Harmon) Carter Hood, has two children.
  4. Kym Maria Smith — divorced from Alfie Tucker.

• Edward Moore Kennedy (1932-2009) and Virginia Joan Bennett had three children:
  1. Kara Anne Kennedy — married Michael Allen, has two children.
  2. Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr. — a co-founder and the president of the Marwood Group, a Wall Street investment firm. Married Katharine Anne Gershman, has two children.
  3. Patrick Joseph Kennedy — U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.