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Kennedy might refer to:

A family name of Irish origin. There are many famous Kennedys.[1] However, the most famous Kennedys, even to those living in Ireland, are the Kennedys of Massachusetts. Those Kennedys include:

  • Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.: Patriarch of the Kennedy clan. Probably involved with organized crime during Prohibition, but later parlayed his fortune into several government posts, including being US Ambassador to the UK.
  • Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald-Kennedy: Daughter of a Massachusetts politician pushed her sons into politics.
    • Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.: Oldest Kennedy child, kiled in a training accident during World War II. Was "supposed" to be president.
    • John F. Kennedy: 35th President of the United States - aka, JFK.
      • John F. Kennedy Jr: America's "Most Eligible Bachelor" until he got married, died in an airplane accident.
      • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg: US Ambassador to Japan.
      • Patrick Bouvier Kennedy: Premature baby who died shortly after being born.
    • Rosemary Kennedy: Possibly had bi-polar disorder but was lobotomized (as was standard practice in the 1940s) and lived her life incapacitated.
    • Kathleen Cavendish (nee Kennedy): Married an English nobleman killed in an airplane accident in France in 1948.
    • Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Wife of Peace Corps founder. Later founded the Special Olympics in honor of her sister Rosemary.
    • Patricia Kennedy Lawford: Married actor Peter Lawford.
    • Robert F. Kennedy: John's Attorney General, later a U.S. Senator representing New York - aka, RFK, assassinated while campaigning for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination.
    • Jean Kennedy Smith: Former US Ambassador to Ireland.
    • Edward "Ted" Kennedy: the youngest of Joseph Senior's sons and a long-serving U.S. Senator representing Massachusetts.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. Note that the plural is not spelled "Kennedies."
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