Rose Schlossberg, Jack Schlossber, and Tatiana Schlossberg at the 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors.Photo:Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS/Getty
Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS/Getty
The late PresidentJohn F. Kennedy’s legacy lives on through his daughter,Caroline Kennedy, and her three kids: Rose Schlossberg, Tatiana Schlossberg andJack Schlossberg.
Caroline shares her three kids with her husband, artist and designerEdwin Schlossberg, whom she married in 1986. She managed to keep Rose, Tatiana and Jack out of the public eye when they were growing up — an effort her parents, JFK andJacqueline Kennedy Onassis, also made during her own upbringing, despite the intense media focus that often followed them.
Jackie taught Caroline and her brother, the lateJohn F. Kennedy Jr., to follow their passions rather than try to meet others’ expectations.
“John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do. Those were good lessons,” CarolinetoldParadein 2011.
Caroline instilled those same values in her children. She and Edwin made sure to provide them with a private upbringing and allowed them to pursue their interests without the pressures of public life.
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Now that Rose, Tatiana and Jack are adults, they continue to uphold their family’s legacy in their own ways. While they may not pursue politics, Caroline has said she hopes that “they’re able to make the world around them better for everyone living in it.”
Here’s everything to know about Caroline Kennedy’s children: Rose, Tatiana and Jack Schlossberg.
Rose Kennedy Schlossberg, 35
Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and daughters Rose Schlossberg and Tatiana Schlossberg during day one of the Democratic National Convention on August 25, 2008 in Denver, Colorado.John Moore/Getty
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Rose Kennedy Schlossbergwas born in New York City on June 25, 1988. She was named after her great-grandmother,Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. She spent much of her early childhood with her grandmother, Jackie, until Jackie died in 1994. Rose also bears a remarkable resemblance to her late grandmother and has been famously called a Jackie lookalike.
Despite her high-profile family, Rose’s adolescence was incredibly private. She attended the Brearley School, an all-girls private school in N.Y.C., and later attended Harvard University. There, she kept a low profile — although she once made headlines after she reportedly gaveLindsay LohanandSamantha Ronsona campus tour, according to theBoston Herald. Rose graduated in 2010 with a degree in English.
In 2016, Rose launched a comedic web series calledEnd Times Girls Clubalongside her close friend Mara Nelson-Greenberg. Originally conceived asRose’s graduate thesis, the six-episode series featured two women sharing their “ultimate guide to apocalypse survival” — from a makeover using “apocalypse trash” to learning to make a compass.
“It came up as a response to seeing the way that New York responded to Hurricane Sandy, and how people were grossly underprepared — specifically, girls in damsel in distress mode,” Rose toldMashable. “I thought it would be interesting to create this world where girls have to be survivalists without compromising their cute factor.”
Rose lives in California and reportedly tied the knot with her longtime girlfriend, restaurateur Rory McAuliffe, in May 2022.
Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg, 33
Tatiana Schlossberg at her book signing in 2019.Amber De Vos/Getty
Amber De Vos/Getty
Caroline and Edwin welcomed their second child,Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg, on May 5, 1990, at Weill Cornell Medical Center in N.Y.C. Growing up, she attended the Brearley School and the Trinity School, from which she graduated in 2008. When she wasn’t studying, she spent her summersat her grandmother’s homeon Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Tatiana went to Yale University, where she served as editor-in-chief of theYale Herald. After graduating in 2012, she began writing forThe Recordin New Jersey. She later received her master’s degree in United States history from the University of Oxford in England.
After graduation in 2014, she secured an internship atThe New York Timesand later became a writer for the publication’s Metro section, covering all things N.Y.C. She also penned the morning column New York Today. Tatiana later began writing for theTimes’ Science section, covering climate change and the environment. Her work has also appeared inThe Washington Post,The Atlantic,Vanity Fair, The Boston Globeand Bloomberg. According toher website, she is currently a freelance reporter.
Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, Tatiana Schlossberg and Jack Schlossberg.Karwai Tang/WireImage
Karwai Tang/WireImage
Since working at theTimes’ Science desk, Tatiana’s writing has focused heavily on the environment. In 2019, she began her newsletter,News from a Changing Planet, which includes articles and essays about climate change and other environmental topics. That same year, she published her bookInconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have. The book discusses the “unseen environmental and climate impacts” of the internet, technology, food, fashion and fuel, perHachette Book Group.
Tatiana lives in N.Y.C. with her husband,George Moran. The couple met when they were both students at Yale andtied the knot in a private ceremonyat Tatiana’s family estate on Martha’s Vineyard in 2017.
In 2022, Tatiana’s younger brother, Jack, shared that she and Moran hadwelcomed their first childand named him after their father.
“I have a new nephew,” he said ontheTodayshow. “It’s a boy. His name is Edwin but I like to call him Jack.”
John Bouvier Kennedy “Jack” Schlossberg, 30
Jack Schlossberg on the Today Show in 2022.Nathan Congleton/NBC/Getty
Nathan Congleton/NBC/Getty
On Jan. 19, 1993, Caroline and Edwin welcomed their third child,John Bouvier Kennedy “Jack” Schlossberg. He was named after his grandfather, JFK, and his maternal great-grandfather,John Vernou “Black Jack” Bouvier.
Growing up, Jack attended the prestigious all-boys Collegiate School in N.Y.C. When he was still in middle school,he co-founded ReLight New York, a nonprofit organization that installed energy-efficient compact fluorescent lights in low-income housing developments. Jack graduated as high school valedictorian in 2011 anddelivered the commencement speech.
Jack followed in Tatiana’s footsteps and enrolled at Yale University, where he studied history with a focus on Japan. He also wrote for several Yale publications, includingtheYale Daily Newsand theYale Herald— which he once promotedin a YouTube video. One summer, Jack worked at a toxic waste removal company as an environmental technician, cleaning up hazardous waste, oil tanks and spills in Massachusetts. He also volunteered as an emergency medical technician.
After Jack graduated from Yale in 2015, he moved to Japan, where his mother was serving as U.S. ambassador. Jack,who speaks Japanese, later began working at Suntory, a Japanese distillery, in global business development and assisted the CEO’s office with speech writing and research.
Out of all his siblings, Jack has been the most public and has seemingly taken the most interest in the political space. During his freshman year at Yale, he wrote a letter to the editor ofTheNew York Timesto address his late grandfather’s legacy. In high school, he also followed in his mother’s footsteps as a Senate page and intern for Sen.John Kerry. In a 2011Senate floor speech, Kerry compared Jack to his late great-uncle Sen.Ted Kennedy.
“A sense of humor is not genetic, but apparently in the Kennedy family it can be inherited. In President Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, this quality seems to abide,” Kerry said.
Jack has also taken a large role with the JFK Library Foundation’sannual Profile in Courage Award, which celebrates “political heroes who put country first.” In addition to being part of the selection committee, he has also hosted the event on several occasions. During his first television appearance in 2017, he spoke withtheTodayshowabout the ceremony and alluded tohis potential future in politics.
Caroline Kennedy and Jack Schlossberg.Nathan Congleton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty
Nathan Congleton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty
Since then, Jack has been involved in his family’s political and philanthropic causes. In 2020, he made a virtual appearance at theDemocratic National Conventionin support ofJoe Biden. During the event, which marked his first time speaking at a convention, he looked back on his grandfather’s legacy.
“Times have changed, but the themes of my grandfather’s speech — courage, unity, and patriotism — are as important today as they were in 1960. Once again, we need a leader who believes America’s best days are yet to come. We need Joe Biden,” he said.
Jack has also shared his political beliefs in several publications and posts online. On one occasion, he wrote that former Vice PresidentMike Penceand Congressional Republicans had “failed the test of courage” amid former PresidentDonald Trump’s 2020 impeachment trial. In a 2016 essay forPolitico Magazine, he condemned Sen.Ted Cruz’s suggestion that if his grandfather were alive today, he would be a Republican.
In 2023, Jack made headlines when he criticized his cousinRobert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential candidacy. Inan Instagram video, the youngest Schlossberg said that Robert was “trading in on Camelot, celebrity, conspiracy theories and conflict for personal gain and fame.”
“The swim was pretty difficult, I will say that,” Jack toldtheTodayshow. “So I have a lot of appreciation and admiration for what my grandfather did and the perseverance it must have taken to survive.”
source: people.com
