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Kennedy family tree

American political family
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Jeff Wallenfeldt
Jeff Wallenfeldt was manager of Geography and History at Encyclopaedia Britannica.      
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Kennedy family tree, Arguably the most famous political family in modern American history, the Kennedys have repeatedly experienced triumph and tragedy on an unimaginable scale. Sprouting from Irish immigrant roots that flourished in Boston and benefiting from a fortune amassed in moviemaking, selling liquor (allegedly including bootlegging), and stock trading, the large Kennedy family became not only a political dynasty but also a kind of glamorous American royalty that embraced a noblesse oblige of public...

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