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John F. Kennedy’s Family Background
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Family history
Kennedy family was the most prominent, oldest, and influential political family in America history. Also was regarded as the only royal family in America history.
Family members
First generation:Patrick Joseph Kennedy (January 14, 1858 – May 18, 1929) was an American politician- Massachusetts House of Representatives. Also a successful businessman. Second generation: Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. (September 6, 1888 – November 18, 1969) was a prominent American businessman, investor, and government official. He graduated from Harvard university and was familiar with Franklin. D. Roosevelt.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), was an American politician, a Democratic senator from New York, and a noted civil rights activist. He acted as one of the president’s advisors during his presidency. From 1961 to 1964, he was the U.S. Attorney General.(司法 部长) Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longestserving senator in United States history. For many years the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he was the last surviving son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
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After world war one, the family became the millionaire in America.
In 1960, the magazine happiness listed Kennedy family as the 12th family with 2-4 hundred million in America.
They were the descendants of immigrants. Under the incomparable reputation and status, there was a worldwide mystery—The Kennedy Curse.
Dream of the family ----The family must become the president of the United States.
Family tragedies
1941 – Rosemary Kennedy is believed to have been mentally challenged, some sources have claimed she was suffering from mental illness. 1944 – Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. died when his plane exploded over East Suffolk, England, as part of Operation Aphrodite. May 13, 1948 – Kathleen Cavendish, died in a plane crash in France. 1956 – Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy gave birth to a stillborn daughter, Arabella. 1963 – Patrick Bouvier Kennedy died two days after his birth. November 22, 1963 – US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas. September 16, 2011 – Kara Kennedy Allen died of a heart attack while exercising in a Washington, D.C. May 16, 2012 – Mary Richardson Kennedy was found hanged on the grounds of her home located in New York.
Family character
Family feisty desperately to prove himself. Lack of family warmth lead to suffering from narcissistic. Inner restlessness implied adventure gene.
Third generation: Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. (July 25, 1915 –
August 12, 1944) was a junior officer in the United States Navy, a Naval Aviator, and a land-based bomber pilot during World War II. He was killed in an action in that war.
Family curse
The Kennedy Curse, is a term sometimes used to describe a series of events involving members of the Kennedy family. The notion of a curse is superstitious and was created and fostered by the news media. There are three statements among America folk, generally speaking, are selling their soul to devil or cursed by the Jew.