Photos: The Kennedy family through the years

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The Kennedys Joseph P. Kennedy (third from left) former ambassador to Great Britain at christening of 2,200-ton destroyed USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., named in honor of his eldest son, killed in action as pilot of a liberator bomber. At ceremony from left: Patricia, Jean, the sponsor; J.P. Kennedy, Teddy, Mrs. Rose Kennedy and Eunice. The vessel was launched at Quincy, Mass., on July 26, 1945. (AP Photo/Ed Fox) (Ed Fox/Associated Press)

The Kennedys It was Kennedy day in Leningrad when the daughters, son and daughter-in-law of Massachusetts ex-diplomatic Joseph P. Kennedy, got together for some soviet sightseeing. Robert F. Kennedy, touring the Middle East and Russia with Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, snapped this picture of his sisters, Patricia, left, wife of actor Peter Lawford; Jean Kennedy Smith, center, and his wife, Ethel on Sept. 15, 1955. The girls met their brother and husband in Russia. (AP Photo/Robert F. Kennedy) (Robert F. Kennedy/AP)

The Kennedys FILE - In this March 18, 1960 file photo, Jean Kennedy Smith and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sisters of Sen. John F. Kennedy, attend a series of political teas in Eau Claire, Altoon and Chippewa Falls, Wis. Jean Kennedy Smith, 88, sister of the late President John Kennedy, served as ambassador to Ireland under President Bill Clinton, while her sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver was married to Sargent Shriver, who was Democratic Vice President nominee in 1972. (AP Photo, File) (RHF/AP)

The Kennedys FILE - In this Nov. 9, 1960 file photo, President-elect John F. Kennedy, center, is surrounded by members of his family in the living room of the home of Joseph P. Kennedy, in Hyannisport, Mass. Standing, from left, Ethel Kennedy; Steve Smith and wife, Jean Kennedy; Senator Kennedy; brother Robert, campaign manager; sister, Patricia Lawford; Sargent Shriver; brother Ted's wife, Joan; and British actor Peter Lawford. In foreground, seated from are: Eunice Shriver, sister; mother Rose Kennedy; father, Joseph; Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of John; and Ted Kennedy, brother of the president-elect. CNN debuts a six-part series on the Kennedy family, part of its focus on historical programming for its original series (AP Photo, file) (AP)

The Kennedys U.S. President-elect John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, holding their thirteen-day-old son, John F. Kennedy Jr., pose with relatives and friends after a baptismal ceremony at Georgetown University Hospital chapel in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 8, 1960. Sitting beside Jacqueline Kennedy is her mother, Janet Lee Auchincloss. The President-elect is sitting with Mrs. Bartlett, the baby's godmother, and her husband, Charles Bartlett. Standing are JFK's siblings, Jean Kennedy Smith and Robert Kennedy. (AP Photo)

The Kennedys President Kennedy; his sister Mrs. Jean Smith, and brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, drive out of White House grounds in Washington on Dec. 19, 1961 as they motor to nearby Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland for a jet flight to Palm Beach, Fla., and the bedside of their father, Joseph P. Kennedy. The elder Kennedy suffered a stroke and is hospitalized. (AP Photo/William J. Smith) (William J. Smith/AP)

The Kennedys Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), stands beside his sister, Jean Smith, at a topping out ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Sept. 30, 1968. The center was topped out with a steel replica of the classical Greek masks of comedy (Thalia) upper right, and tragedy (Melpomene). The masks, weighting 900 pounds, were attached to the top of the steel girder of the center's theater. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz) (Bob Schutz/AP)

The Kennedys Members of the Kennedy clan appeared in a reception line of a fund raising concert honoring Sen. Edward Kennedy, Thursday, Oct. 23, 1970, Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass. From left: Ethel Kennedy, Rose Kennedy, Sen. Kennedy and wife Joan Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, and Jean Smith. Girls in front are; Caroline Kennedy, center, daughter of Pres. John F. Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, left, and Courtney Kennedy, daughters Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. (AP Photo) (Associated Press)

The Kennedys FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama presents a Medal of Freedom to Jean Kennedy Smith during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Jean Kennedy Smith, the youngest sister and last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy, died at 92, her daughter confirmed to The New York Times, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

The Kennedys An unidentified girl, left, holds a rose during a wreath laying ceremony with former Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith, center, and Patrick Hallinan, executive director of Army National Military Cemeteries, at the grave of John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, on the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's death. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

The Kennedys FILE - In this April 20, 2017 file photo, Jean Kennedy Smith talks with an attendee during the John F. Kennedy Centennial Symposium at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Mass. Jean Kennedy Smith, the youngest sister and last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy, died at 92, her daughter confirmed to The New York Times, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File) (Stephan Savoia/AP)

June 18, 2020 at 8:57 am EDT

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