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Kennedy
Coat of arms of the Kennedy family
Current regionHyannis Port, Massachusetts
Place of originUnited States and Ireland
Members
Connected members
DistinctionsProminence in politics
Family tragedies
Estate(s)Kennedy Compound
Members of the Kennedy family at the birthday of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. in September 1963.

The Kennedy family is an American family of Irish descent that is prominent in American politics, government, public service, and business during the late 20th century. The first Kennedys to reside in America were Patrick Kennedy and Bridget Murphy, who sailed from Ireland to America in 1849. Their son P. J. went into politics and business. P. J. and his wife Mary Hickey were the parents of businessman and politician Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. The nine children of Joseph Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald were Joseph Jr., John, Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert, Jean, and Ted. John served as president, while Robert and Ted both became prominent senators. The Kennedys' political involvement has revolved around the Democratic Party. Harvard University educations have been common among them, and they have contributed heavily to that university's John F. Kennedy School of Government. The wealth and glamour of the family members, as well as their extensive and continuing involvement in public service, have elevated them to iconic status over the past half-century, with the Kennedys sometimes referred to as "America's Royal Family".

Joseph Sr. originally pinned his hopes on eldest son, Joseph Jr., to enter politics and be elected president. After Joseph Jr. was killed during World War II, however, those hopes later fell on his second son, John, to become president. Soon after John was elected in 1960, he, Robert, and Ted all held prominent positions in the federal government. They received intense publicity, often emphasizing their relative youth, allure, education, and future in politics. Between 1947 and 2011, there were 64 years with a Kennedy in elective office in Washington. This spans more than a quarter of the nation's existence.

The family has been at the center of many tragedies, which contributed to the idea of the "Kennedy curse". Rosemary was forced to undergo a lobotomy which crippled her entire life; John and Robert were both assassinated during the 1960s; Ted was involved in the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969, which caused the death of his young colleague, Mary Jo Kopechne; and Joseph Jr., Kathleen, and John Jr. all died in plane crashes.

Family tree

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Genealogy

  • ' Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr.' (September June 1888 - 18 November 1969) (81). (Octuber July 1914) ' Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald' (July 22, 1890 - January 22 1995) (104)
    • ' Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr.' (July 25 1915 - Ausgust December 1944) (29)
    • ' John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Sr.' (May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963) (46), m. (September December 1953) ' Jacqueline Lee Bouvier' (July 28, 1929 - May 19, 1994) (64)
      • 'Arabella Kennedy' (23 August 1956) (23 August 1956)
      • ' Caroline Bouvier Kennedy' (27 November 1957), m. (19 July 1986) 'Edwin Arthur Schlossberg' (19 July 1945)
        • 'Rose Kennedy Schlossberg' (25 June 1988)
        • 'Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg' (May 5, 1990)
        • 'John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg' (19 January 1993)
      • ' John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr.' (November 25, 1960 - JULY 16 1999), (38 years), m. (21 September 1996) 'Carolyn Jeanne Bessette' (January 7, 1966 - JULY 16 1999), (33 years)
      • 'Patrick Bouvier Kennedy' (August 7, 1963 - 9 of August 1963) (2 days)
    • ' Rose Marie Kennedy' (September 13, 1918 - January 7, 2005), (86 years)
    • ' Kathleen Agnes Kennedy' (February 20, 1920 - MAY 13, 1948) (28 years), m. (6 May 1944) 'William John Robert Cavendish' (December 10, 1917 - September 10, 1944) (26 years)
    • ' Eunice Mary Kennedy' (July 10, 1921 - August 11, 2009) (88 years), m. (23 May 1953) 'Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.' '(November 9, 1915 - January 18, 2011) (95 years)
      • 'Robert Sargent Shriver III' '(28 April 1954), m. (7 May 2005) 'Malissa Feruzzi' (26 November 1963)
        • 'Rosemary Scarlett Shriver' (January 8, 2009)
      • ' Maria Owings Shriver' (6 November 1955), m. (April 26, 1986 - July 1, 2011) ' Arnold Schwarzenegger Alois' (30 July 1947)
        • 'Katherine Eunice Schwarzenegger' (13 December 1989)
        • 'Christina Maria Aurelia Schwarzenegger' (23 July 1991)
        • ' Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger' (18 September 1993)
        • 'Christopher Sargent Shriver Schwarzenegger' (27 September 1997)
      • 'Timothy Perry Shriver' (29 August 1959),, m. (31 May 1986) 'Linda Sophia Potter' (June 13 June 1956)
        • 'Sophia Rose Potter Shriver' (14 June 1987)
        • 'Timothy Shriver Potter' (December 8, 1988)
        • 'Samuel Kennedy Shriver Potter' (13 July 1992)
        • 'Kathleen Potter Shriver' (March 9, 1994)
        • 'Caroline Potter Shriver' (18 July 1998)
      • 'Mark Kennedy Shriver' (17 February 1964), m. (June 26, 1992) 'Jeanne Eileen Ripp' (30 November 1965)
        • 'Mary Elizabeth Shriver' (7 March 1998),
        • 'Thomas Kennedy Shriver' (29 October 1999),
        • 'Emma Rose Shriver' (18 February 2005)
      • 'Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver' (20 July 1965), m. (July 2, 1993) 'Alina Mojica' (January 5, 1965)
        • 'Eunice Julia Shriver' '(January 4, 1994)
        • 'Francesca Maria Shriver' (13 December 1994)
        • 'Fitzgerald Carolina Shriver' (28 June 2001)
        • 'John Joseph Sargent Shriver' (July 1, 2009)
    • ' Patricia Helen Kennedy' (May 6, 1924 - September 17, 2006), (82 years), m. (April 24, 1954 - February 1966) ' Peter Lawford Sydney Ernest' (September 7, 1923 - December 24, 1984) (61 years)
      • 'Christopher Kennedy Lawford' (29 March 1955), 1 m. (November 17, 1984 - 2000) 'Jean Edith Olsson' (24 January 1955), 2nd m. (25 May 2014) 'Mercedes Lisa Miller' '(1979)
        • 'David Christopher Kennedy Lawford' '(24 May 1987)
        • 'Savannah Rose Lawford' (13 February 1990)
        • 'Matthew Peter Valentine Lawford' '(27 February 1995)
      • 'Sydney Maleia Kennedy Lawford' (25 August 1956) m. (17 September 1983) 'James Peter McKelvy, Mr.' (April 4, 1955)
        • 'James Peter McKelvy, Jr.' '(December 6, 1985)
        • 'Christopher Kennedy McKelvy' (August 8, 1987)
        • 'Patrick Ryon McKelvy' (26 May 1989) m. (18 July 2015) 'Tiffany Diana Hall-D'Accordo' (1989)
        • 'Anthony Lawford McKelvy' (28 November 1992)
      • 'Victoria Francis Lawford' (November 4, 1958) m. (June 13, 1987) 'Robert Beebe Pender, Jr.' '(June 6, 1953)
        • 'Alexandra Lawford Pender' (11 March 1988)
        • 'Caroline Patricia Pender' (25 April 1990)
        • 'Victoria Rose Pender' (13 May 1993)
      • 'Robin Elizabeth Lawford' (July 2, 1961)
    • ' Robert Francis Kennedy, Sr.' (November 20, 1925 - June 6, 1968) (42 years), m. (June 17, 1950) ' Ethel Skakel' (11 April 1928)
      • ' Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend' (4 July 1951), m. (17 November 1973) 'David Lee Townsend' (17 November 1947)
        • 'Meaghan Kennedy Anne Townsend' (November 7, 1977)
        • 'Maeve Fahey Kennedy Townsend' (November 1, 1979) m. (21 March 2009) 'David John McKean' (1982)
          • 'Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean' (27 June 2011)
          • 'Gabriella McKean' (January 3, 2013)
        • 'Katherine Rose Kennedy Townsend' (17 December 1983)
        • 'Kerry Sophie Kennedy Townsend' (30 November 1991)
      • ' Joseph Patrick Kennedy II' '(24 September 1952), 1 m. (February 3, 1979 - 1991) 'Sheila Brewster Rauch' (22 March 1949), 2nd m. (23 October 1993) 'Anne Elizabeth Kelly' (April 3, 1957)
        • 'Matthew Rauch Kennedy' (October 4, 1980) m. (July 7, 2012) 'Katherine Lee Manning' (1982)
          • 'Lily Frances Kennedy' (11 November 2013)
        • 'Joseph Patrick Kennedy III' '(October 4, 1980), m. (1 December 2012) 'Lauren Anne Birchfield' (21 September 1984)
          • 'Eleanor Kennedy' (29 December 2015)
      • ' Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.' '(17 January 1954), 1 m. (April 3, 1982 - 25 of March 1994) 'Emily Ruth Black' (15 October 1957), 2nd m. (April 15, 1994 - May 16,, 2012) 'Mary Kathleen Richardson' (October 4, 1959 - May 16,, 2012) (52 years), 3rd m. (August 2, 2014) 'Cheryl Hines' (21 September 1965)
        • 'Robert Francis Kennedy III' '(September 2, 1984)
        • 'Kathleen Alexandra Kennedy' (13 April 1988)
        • 'Conor Richardson Kennedy' (24 July 1994)
        • 'Kyra LeMoyne Kennedy' (22 August 1995)
        • 'William Finbar Kennedy' (November 8, 1997)
        • 'Aidan Caohman Vieques Kennedy' (13 July 2001)
      • 'David Anthony Kennedy' (June 15, 1955 - April 25, 1984) (28 years)
      • 'Mary Courtney Kennedy' (9 September 1956), 1 m. (June 14, 1980 - 1990) 'Jeffrey Robert Ruhe' (21 February 1952), 2nd m. (June 26, 1993 - separated from February 2006) 'Paul Michael Hill' '(13 August 1954)
        • 'Saoirse Roisin Hill' '(22 May 1997)
      • 'Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, Sr.' '(February 27, 1958 - December 31, 1997) (39 years) m. (14 March 1981) 'Victoria Denise Gifford' (20 February 1957)
        • 'Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, Jr.' '(January 9, 1983) m. (22 September 2012) 'Mary Elizabeth Campbell' (1983)
          • 'McKie Kennedy' (2014)
        • 'Kyle Francis Kennedy' (July 6, 1984) m. (18 August 2012) 'Nash Liam Kerr' (1983)
          • 'Josie Kerr' (26 September 2014)
          • 'Conor Kerr' (26 September 2014)
        • 'Rory Gifford Kennedy' (14 November 1987)
      • 'Mary Kerry Kennedy' (September 8, 1959), m. (June 9, 1990 - 2005) ' Andrew Mark Cuomo' (December 6, 1957)
        • 'Mariah Matilda Kennedy Cuomo' (11 January 1995)
        • 'Cara Ethel Kennedy Cuomo' (11 January 1995)
        • 'Michaela Andrea Kennedy Cuomo' (26 August 1997)
      • 'Christopher George Kennedy, Sr.' '(4 July 1963), m. (15 August 1987) 'Sheila Sinclair Berner' (December 4, 1962)
        • 'Katherine Berner Kennedy' (October 4, 1990)
        • 'Christopher George Kennedy, Jr.' '(15 June 1992)
        • 'Sarah Louise Kennedy' (September 26, 1994)
        • 'Clare Rose Kennedy' (November 3, 1998)
      • 'Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, Sr.' '(11 January 1965), m. (13 July 1991) 'Victoria Anne Strauss' (10 February 1964)
        • 'Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, Jr.' '(18 September 1993)
        • 'Caroline Summer Rose Kennedy' '(29 December 1994)
        • 'Noah Isabella Rose Kennedy' '(July 9, 1998)
      • 'Douglas Harriman Kennedy' (24 March 1967), m. (22 August 1998) 'Molly Elizabeth Stark' '(1969)
        • 'Riley Elizabeth Kennedy' (27 August 1999)
        • 'Mary McCauley Kennedy' (22 August 2001)
        • 'Rowen Francis Kennedy' (25 February 2004)
        • 'George Skakel Kennedy' (April 3, 2007)
        • 'Anthony Boru Kennedy' (January 5, 2012)
      • 'Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy' (12 December 1968), m. (2 August 1999), 'Mark Bailey' (1968)
        • 'Georgia Elizabeth Kennedy Bailey' (30 September 2002)
        • 'Bridget Katherine Kennedy Baley' (4 July 2004)
        • 'Zachary Kennedy Corkland Bayley' (16 July 2007)
    • 'Jean Kennedy Smith' (20 February 1928), m. (19 May 1956) 'Stephen Edward Smith, Sr.' (September 24, 1927 - August 19, 1990) (62 years)
      • 'Stephen Edward Smith, Jr.' '(28 June 1957)
      • 'William Kennedy Smith' '(September 4, 1960), m. (7 May 2011) 'Anne Henry' '(1978)
        • 'India Rose Smith' '(10 May 2012)
        • 'Stephen Edward Smith II' '(2013)
    • ' Edward Moore Kennedy, Sr.' (22 February 1932 - 25 of August 2009) (77 years), 1 m. (November 29, 1958 - 1982) 'Virginia Joan Bennett' (9 September 1936), 2nd m. (3 July 1992) 'Victoria Anne Reggie' (26 February 1954)
      • 'Kara Anne Kennedy' (February 27, 1960 - SEPTEMBER 16, 2011) (51 years), m. (September 8, 1990 - 2011) 'Michael Dale Allen' (16 June 1958)
        • 'Grace Kennedy Allen' (19 September 1994)
        • 'Max Greathouse Allen' (20 December 1996)
      • 'Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr.' (September 26, 1961.), m. (October 10, 1993) 'Katherine Anne Gershman' (9 June 1959),
        • 'Kiley Elizabeth Kennedy' (August 7, 1994)
        • 'Edward Moore Kennedy III' '(25 February 1998)
      • 'Patrick Joseph Kennedy II' '(14 July 1967), m. (15 July 2011) 'Amy Savell' (1975)
        • 'Owen Patrick Kennedy' (15 April 2012)
        • 'Nora Kara Kennedy' (19 November 2013)
        • 'Nell Elizabeth Kennedy' (29 November 2015)

Coat of Arms

Coat of arms of John F. Kennedy
Notes
The Grant of Arms granting this Arms to all descendants of Patrick Kennedy was presented to John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sr. from the Chief Herald of Ireland on 17 March 1961, St. Patrick's Day.
Adopted
17 March 1961
Crest
Between two olive branches a cubit sinister arm in armour erect, the hand holding a sheaf of four arrows, points upwards, all proper
Escutcheon
Sable three helmets in profile Or within a bordure per saltaire Gules and Ermine
Symbolism
The 3 helmets on black alludes to the Arms of the O'Kennedys of Ormonde, and the red and Ermine allude the Arms of the FitzGeralds of Desmond. The olive branches and arrows symbolise America, because the olive branches and the arrows that appear in the Arms also appear in the talons of the American Eagle in the Great Seal of the United States of America.

References

  1. Maier, Thomas (2003). The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings. Basic Books. p. . ISBN 978-0-465-04317-0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  2. The Kennedy Family The JFK Library, accessed Feb 10, 2016
  3. Levenson, Michael (February 13, 2010). "Pondering a Congress without Kennedys". The Boston Globe.

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