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The Kennedy family is a prominent Irish-American family in American Politics and Government descending from the marriage of Joseph P. And Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy . The Democratic family is known for its US-style Political Liberalism . The best known Kennedy is the late President Of The United States John F. Kennedy . 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 born 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 controversial car accident (in which a passenger was killed) in 1969 . However, a number of Kennedy family members have held high office since then. The Kennedy family has had a long history of tragic, untimely deaths. Most famously, President John F. Kennedy was Assassinated in 1963 . Previously, his older brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. was killed (in a plane explosion) on a special mission toward occupied Europe in World War II . His brother, Robert F. Kennedy , was assassinated in 1968, while campaigning for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Prior to that, the late president's sister Kathleen was killed in a plane crash. Later, in the 1980s and 1990s , 2 of Robert Kennedy's 11 children, Michael Kennedy and David Kennedy , as well as JFK's only surviving son, John F. Kennedy Jr. , would each pass away at relatively young ages. FAMILY TREE See Also: List of descendants of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy First generation The family patriarch was Patrick J. Kennedy ( 1858 – 1929 ) 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. ( 1888 – 1969 ) married Rose Fitzgerald ( 1890 – 1995 ), the daughter of Boston Mayor John F. Fitzgerald . Joe Sr. served as United States Ambassador to the Court Of St. James's ( United Kingdom ) in the years leading up to World War II . Third generation Together Rose and Joe Sr. had nine children:
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# Arabella Kennedy 1956 - Stillborn # Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (b. 1957 ) - a lawyer, the co-founder of the Profiles In Courage Award , the president of the Kennedy Library foundation, and the chairwoman of the American Ballet Theatre . Married Edwin Schlossberg , has three children. # John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. ( 1960 - 1999 ) - a lawyer and publisher of ''George'' magazine, who was killed in a plane crash on July 16 , 1999 . Married Carolyn Bessette . # Patrick Bouvier Kennedy ( 1963 ), who was born prematurely and died from Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome two days after his birth
# Robert Sargent Shriver III (b. 1954 ) - an attorney and President of RSS Inc., a Beverly Hills music, film and philanthropic company. Currently, he is also a Santa Monica city councilman. # Maria Owings Shriver (b. 1955 ) - Former TV newsanchor and current First Lady of California and wife of Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger . Has four children. # Timothy Perry Shriver - (b. 1959 ) Chairman of Special Olympics . Married Linda Potter, has five children. # Mark Kennedy Shriver (b. 1964 ) - a delegate in the Maryland state legislature for two consecutive terms. Married, has three children. # Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver (b. 1965 ) activist for Mental Retardation . Founded the "Best Buddies" movement in Miami where he currently lives. Married, has four children.
# Christopher Kennedy Lawford - professional actor. # Sydney Maleia Lawford # Victoria Francis Lawford # Robin Elizabeth Lawford
# Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend - former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland , unsuccessful candidate for Maryland governor in 2002 . Married David Lee Townsend, has four children. # Joseph Patrick Kennedy II - former U.S. representative from Massachusetts . Married Sheila Rauch and Anne Kelly (divorced both times), has two children. # Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. - environmentalist and political commentator, attorney and law professor at Pace University School of Law. He is best known for his many successful litigations to prevent water pollution, primarily in the New York area. Married Emily Ruth Black (divorced) and Mary Richardson, has six children. # David Anthony Kennedy - died of a drug overdose in 1984 # Mary Courtney Kennedy Married Jeffrey Robert Ruhe (divorced) and Paul Michael Hill (separated), has one child. # Michael LeMoyne Kennedy - died in a skiing accident on Dec. 31, 1997. Married Victoria Gifford (separated), had three children. # Mary Kerry Kennedy - ex-wife of Andrew Cuomo , who is the son of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo , has three children. # Christopher George Kennedy - president of Merchandise Mart commercial properties based in Chicago . Married Sheila Sinclair Berner, has four children. # Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy Married Victoria Anne Stauss, has three children. # Douglas Harriman Kennedy Married Mary Elizabeth Stark, has three children. # Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy Married Mark Bailey, has three children.
# Stephen Edward Smith, Jr. # William Kennedy Smith - 1991 rape acquittal, Physician , activist against Land Mine s # Amanda Mary Smith # Kym Maria Smith
# Kara Anne Kennedy Married Michael Allen, has two children. # Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr. Married Katharine Anne Gershman, has two children. # Patrick Joseph Kennedy - current U.S. Representative from Rhode Island > A POPULAR MISCONCEPTION Many sites on the Internet state that Rose Fitzgerald and her descendants are descended (twice) from the couple William Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Irby of colonial Virginia, the latter being a descendant of William Randolph , who was also an ancestor of Thomas Jefferson , John Marshall , Peyton Randolph , Edmund Randolph , and Robert E. Lee . This is wrong. In fact, the earliest known Fitzgerald ancestor of the Kennedys was James Fitzgerald, who was born in 1772 in Ireland. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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