Family overview
The story of Kennedy Dynasty Family Tree
An editorial guide to the people, places, and turning points recorded in this lineage.
The American Kennedy political dynasty, spanning from Irish immigrant Patrick Joseph Kennedy through the patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and matriarch Rose Fitzgerald, their nine children including President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert and Ted Kennedy, and into the next generation.
The family's recorded origins begin with its earliest known ancestors. From there, the chart follows marriages, descendants, and the major branches that shaped the wider family. The most connected members are highlighted below, while the timeline puts life events into chronological context.
Use this page as both a visual map and a research index. Open the interactive tree to trace a branch, follow person links for focused biographies, compare two relatives in the relationship explorer, and review locations to understand how the family moved over time. As new records are added, this overview and its analytics update with the tree.
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