INTERACTIVE: A look at the Kennedy family tree
Their children:
JOSEPH P. KENNEDY JR., 1915-1944
A Navy pilot, died when an explosives-laden bomber he was
piloting on a secret World War II mission exploded. Awarded the
Navy Cross and the Air Medal.
JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1917-1963
A U.S. senator from Massachusetts before he was elected the 35th
president of the United States in 1960. Assassinated in Dallas,
1963. Married Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953.
ROSEMARY KENNEDY, 1918-2005
Institutionalized through most of her life because of mental
disability and a failed lobotomy.
KATHLEEN KENNEDY, 1920-1948
Married to William John Robert Cavendish, the Marquess of
Hartington. Died in a plane crash; her husband had been killed in
World War II.
EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER, 1921-2009
Founder of the Special Olympics. Married to R. Sargent Shriver
Jr., former Peace Corps director and unsuccessful candidate for
president in 1976 and vice president in 1972.
PATRICIA KENNEDY LAWFORD, 1924-2006
Married and divorced from actor Peter Lawford.
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, 1925-1968
Former U.S. attorney general, a U.S. senator from New York and a
presidential candidate in 1968. Assassinated in Los Angeles, 1968.
Married in 1950 to Ethel Skakel. They had 11 children.
JEAN KENNEDY SMITH, 1928-
Served five years as ambassador to Ireland in the Clinton
administration. Married Stephen Edward Smith in 1956; he died in
1990.
EDWARD MOORE KENNEDY, 1932-2009
U.S. senator from Massachusetts since 1962. Married Virginia
Joan Bennett 1958; divorced 1983. Married Victoria Reggie in 1992.