# the Kennedy family

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kennedy-family/418291>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kennedy-family/418291 "2007-09-06T21:09:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kennedy-family/418291/1 "2007-09-06T21:09:11Z")

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What are the roots of the Kennedy family? I know they’re Irish, that’s all. Also, has any Kennedy been a Republican, or all Democrats? Schwarzenegger doesn’t count.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kennedy-family/418291/2 "2007-09-06T21:36:16Z")

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Wikipedia has a lot of information; I can’t vouch for its accuracy, but there’s no obvious howlers. The immigrant ancestor has a page: [Patrick Kennedy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kennedy)