Kennedy

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. Alleged to have been involved with organized crime during Prohibition (but only long after the fact)[2], he 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 II: Oldest Kennedy child, killed in a training accident during World War II. Was "supposed" to be president.
- John F. Kennedy: 35^th 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. People who believe in QAnon think he's still alive.
  - Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg: former 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.
  - Maria Shriver: Journalist, married an actor who went on to become Governor of Kul-E-Forn-ya.
- 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.
  - Joseph Kennedy II: Robert's oldest son, named in honor of his uncle. He was a Massachusetts congressman from 1987-1999, succeeding former Speaker of the House Thomas "Tip" O'Neill. Before and after his tenure in Congress he worked at a non-profit called Citizen's Energy, which distributed oil to low income houses. The main donor: PVDSA, the state oil company of Venezuela. He seemed to like Hugo Chavez but not so much his successor Nicolás Maduro.
    - Joseph "Joe" P. Kennedy III, succeeded Barney Frank in the House of Representatives. He is Robert's grandson by Joseph and currently a rising star in the Democratic Party.
  - Chris Kennedy: Robert's son, leader of the Illinois branch of the family; businessman, philanthropist, and current Democratic candidate for Governor of Illinois.
  - Robert Kennedy, Jr.: Robert's son, a lawyer specializing in product liability and environmental issues, and a co-host on the liberal talk radio program Ring of Fire.
- 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. With almost 47 years on the senate he was the fourth-longest-serving senator in US history.
  - Patrick J. Kennedy: A former congressman from Rhode Island, when as a 29 year old nearly got into a brawl with a member three times his age over guns. Also had a DUI incident on Capitol grounds.

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Kennedy might refer to:

References

Note that the plural is not spelled "Kennedies."
The Biggest Kennedy Myth

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

[2] The Biggest Kennedy Myth