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The Kennedy family (Irish: Ó Cinnéide) is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics, public service, entertainment, and business.In 1884, 35 years after the family's arrival from County Wexford, Ireland, Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office, serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895.
Kennedy's maternal grandfather and namesake, John F. Fitzgerald, was a U.S. congressman and two-term mayor of Boston. [6] All four of his grandparents were children of Irish immigrants. [1] Kennedy had an older brother, Joseph Jr., and seven younger siblings: Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert, Jean, and Ted. [7]
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy was born on November 27, 1957, at New York Hospital to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. senator from Massachusetts. She is named after her maternal aunt, Lee Radziwill, and maternal great-great-grandmother, Caroline Ewing Bouvier. A year before Kennedy's birth, her parents had a stillborn ...
Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. (September 6, 1888 – November 18, 1969) was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician. He is known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children and was a patriarch of the Kennedy family, which included President John F. Kennedy, attorney general and senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime senator Ted Kennedy.
On Jan. 19, 1993, John “Jack” Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg was born in New York City, New York, sharing a name with his historical maternal grandparents, John F. Kennedy and Onassis.
Ethel and RFK's first child, Kathleen was only a teenager when her father was tragically killed in 1968. Like many of the Kennedy siblings, she earned her undergraduate degree at Harvard ...
The caesarean section was performed by Dr. John W. Walsh, who had also delivered Mrs. Kennedy's son John Jr. in 1960. [4] The infant's birth weight was 4 pounds 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 ounces (2.11 kg). [5] He was the first child born to a serving U.S. president and first lady since the 19th century. [1] [6]
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were one of America's most beloved and widely recognized couples — but their marriage wasn't without scandal — even before they wed.