Where can I view an illustration of the Kennedy family tree?
The Kennedy family is a family descending from the marriage of the Irish-Americans Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and prominent in American politics and government. Their political involvement has revolved around the Democratic Party and more recently, its liberal wing. Harvard educations have been frequent among them, and they have contributed heavily to that university’s Kennedy School of Government. The wealth, glamour, and photogenic quality of the family members, as well as their extensive and continued commitment to public service, has elevated them to iconic status over the past half-century. With the election of President John F. Kennedy, he and his two then surviving brothers all held prominent positions in the Federal government, and received intensive publicity, often emphasizing their youth (relative to comparably influential politicians), allure, education and collective future in politics. The family has undergone (then, before, and since) a series of deaths and o
In the illustration, it can be seen that the family patriarch was Patrick J. Kennedy (1858–1929), a first generation American who married Mary Augusta Hickey. In 1914, their son, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888–1969) married Rose Fitzgerald (1890–1995), the daughter of Boston Mayor John F. Fitzgerald. Together Rose and Joe Sr. had nine children, whose names are listed at the link below: Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
