The Kennedy family tree, from Wexford to Dallas.

John F. Kennedy's family came from Dunganstown, a townland in County Wexford, Ireland. His great-grandparents, Patrick Kennedy and Bridget Murphy, left in 1847, the worst year of the famine, and settled in East Boston, where Patrick worked as a cooper. Three generations later, their great-grandson became the 35th President of the United States.

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Four chapters, 1847 to 1963.

1847Dunganstown, County WexfordPatrick Kennedy and Bridget Murphy leave Ireland in the worst year of the famine.
1858BostonPatrick, a cooper, dies on 22 November at about thirty-five. His son is ten months old.
1917BrooklineHis great-grandson John is born on 29 May.
1963DallasJohn dies on 22 November, a hundred and five years to the day after Patrick.

Patrick died on 22 November 1858. His great-grandson was killed on 22 November 1963, a hundred and five years to the day. It's the kind of thing that sits quietly in a family's records until someone asks.

From Patrick to John, three generations.

Patrick Kennedy, born about 1823, is John Fitzgerald Kennedy's great-grandfather: Patrick Joseph Kennedy, then Joseph Patrick Kennedy, then John. — **Where the line runs.** Patrick Kennedy was born about 1823, about 94 years before John: roughly 31 years a generation.

**Where the line runs.** Patrick Kennedy was born about 1823, about 94 years before John: roughly 31 years a generation.

John's ancestors, three generations up.

The ancestors of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: his parents, four grandparents and eight great-grandparents, with the Kennedy surname line highlighted. — **Fourteen people across three generations,** the Kennedy line lit from Patrick to John. The names of those who have died are carved; Mary Ann Fitzgerald has no death date in the file, so hers stays plain.

**Fourteen people across three generations,** the Kennedy line lit from Patrick to John. The names of those who have died are carved; Mary Ann Fitzgerald has no death date in the file, so hers stays plain.

Rose Fitzgerald, a mother's life in one card.

Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald, 1890 to 1995: her parents, her husband Joseph Patrick Kennedy, and their nine children. — **Nine children, the first at 25 and the last at 41. She outlived four of them, and lived to 104.** The card opens on what her own dates say, then her parents, her marriage and her nine children.

**Nine children, the first at 25 and the last at 41. She outlived four of them, and lived to 104.** The card opens on what her own dates say, then her parents, her marriage and her nine children.

John F. Kennedy, stop by stop.

John F. Kennedy's life on a map: seven stops from Brookline, Massachusetts in 1917 to Dallas and his burial at Arlington in 1963. — **Seven stops, 1917 to 1963.** Born in Brookline, Washington in 1960, and Dallas in 1963: died at 46, leaving two children under seven. Press play in the app and the map walks his life in order.

**Seven stops, 1917 to 1963.** Born in Brookline, Washington in 1960, and Dallas in 1963: died at 46, leaving two children under seven. Press play in the app and the map walks his life in order.

Where they came from.

An ancestor map of John F. Kennedy’s family: ten ancestors placed where they were born, from Ireland in the 1790s to Boston in the 1890s, with a slider running to 1899. — **Ten ancestors in nine places,** from Ireland to Massachusetts, each town named as it was then. Slide through the years and watch the family cross the Atlantic.

**Ten ancestors in nine places,** from Ireland to Massachusetts, each town named as it was then. Slide through the years and watch the family cross the Atlantic.

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