Tatiana Schlossberg (Granddaughter of JFK)
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As the second child of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, she grew up amid the legacy of her maternal grandfather, John F. Kennedy, who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
Kennedy's presidency included key events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the establishment of the Peace Corps, and his death left a lasting impact on the nation.
Tatiana's grandmother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, navigated public life after the assassination and later worked as a book editor until her death in 1994 from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Her father, Edwin Schlossberg, designed interactive museum exhibits and came from an Orthodox Jewish family with roots in Ukraine, while her mother, Caroline, pursued a career in law and diplomacy, including roles as U.S. ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 and to Australia starting in 2022.
The Kennedy family traced its prominence back to earlier generations. Tatiana's great-grandfather, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., built wealth through banking and investments and served as U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom in the late 1930s, a time when Europe faced rising tensions leading to World War II.
Her uncles, Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, held prominent positions in government, with Robert serving as attorney general during his brother's presidency and later as a senator until his assassination in 1968, and Edward representing Massachusetts in the Senate for nearly 47 years until 2009.
Tatiana's uncle, John F. Kennedy Jr., founded George magazine and died in a plane crash in 1999 along with his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and her sister, Lauren Bessette.
His estate, valued at around $50 million at the time of his death, passed largely to Caroline's children, including Tatiana, Rose, and Jack Schlossberg.
Estimates of Tatiana Schlossberg's personal net worth have appeared in various reports, with figures ranging from $1 million to $5 million based on her career earnings, book sales, and family inheritance, though exact details remain private.
Raised primarily on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Tatiana spent summers at her family's property on Martha's Vineyard, a location tied to Kennedy family gatherings since the 1950s.
She attended the Brearley School alongside her older sister, Rose, born in 1988, and then the Trinity School, graduating in 2008. Her younger brother, Jack, born in 1993, later pursued law and politics.
The siblings experienced a blend of religious traditions, with Caroline incorporating Hanukkah into holiday celebrations despite raising the children Catholic.
In 1996, at age 6, Tatiana served as a flower girl at her uncle John F. Kennedy Jr.'s wedding to Carolyn Bessette on Cumberland Island, Georgia.
Tatiana pursued higher education at Yale University, earning a bachelor's degree in history in 2012. During her time there, she contributed to the Yale Herald student newspaper, rising to editor-in-chief, and joined the senior society Mace and Chain.
She received the Charles A. Ryskamp Travel Grant to research 19th-century communities formed by runaway slaves and Native American tribes on Martha's Vineyard. After Yale, she obtained a master's degree in American history from the University of Oxford in 2014.
While at Yale, she met George Moran, a fellow student from a family with ties to Greenwich, Connecticut, and grandson of a former mayor of that town.
Her professional path began with internships, including one at the Vineyard Gazette in Edgartown, Massachusetts, followed by a reporting role at The Record in New Jersey covering local government.
In 2014, she joined The New York Times as a summer intern, transitioning to a full-time reporter in the Metro section.
One of her early stories detailed a dead bear cub found in Central Park, a mystery resolved in 2024 when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted to placing it there as a prank.
Tatiana responded to the revelation by stating, "like law enforcement, I had no idea who was responsible for this when I wrote the story."
She later focused on science and climate issues at The Times until 2017, contributing pieces such as an audiobook review of "The New Fish," which examined the farmed salmon industry, and a report on using excess subway heat to reduce urban emissions.
Beyond The Times, Tatiana wrote for outlets including The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, and Bloomberg News.
She presented the Profile in Courage Award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston and joined her mother on diplomatic trips to Japan and Australia.
In 2013, she delivered remarks at a wreath-laying ceremony at her grandfather's memorial in Runnymede, England, on the 50th anniversary of his assassination.
The site, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II and Jacqueline Kennedy in 1965, commemorates Kennedy's ties to Britain.
In August 2019, Grand Central Publishing released her book "Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have," which explored hidden environmental costs in everyday activities across sectors like the internet, food, fashion, and fuel.
The work earned the Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Environment Book Award in 2020. In interviews promoting the book, Tatiana addressed consumer impacts, saying:
"Most viscose rayon is made from wood pulp, but the process of making it typically uses so many chemicals in such vast quantities that some experts said it shouldn't really count as a natural plant fiber."
She added, "Textile manufacturers use complicated chemical and industrial processes to make clothing materials, from cotton to synthetic fibers. And while the environmental consequences aren't always clear, consumption is growing."
On her privileged perspective, she noted, "I know that I come from a position of privilege and that my impact on the environment is much bigger than lots of other people who can't consume in the way that I have been able to."
In a Vogue interview, she explained her approach:
"Climate journalism is always so serious and scary. And it is. But we also have to find a way to live with it."
Reviews praised the book, with Publishers Weekly stating, "With insight and urgency, Schlossberg prods readers to think more deeply about how they participate in these and other activities, and how they might mitigate their impact. In the process, she delivers an intriguing and educational narrative." Vanity Fair described it as "a road map to knowing one’s place in the climate fight—and, hopefully, how to set things right."
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The couple welcomed their first child, a son named Edwin Garrett Moran, in February 2022, making Caroline Kennedy a grandmother for the first time.
Their second child, a daughter, arrived in May 2024.
Public records list Tatiana Schlossberg's height at 5 feet 7 inches and her weight at around 130 pounds, though such details often vary by source and time. As of November 22, 2025, she is 35 years old.
Over the years, Tatiana encountered occasional public scrutiny, such as in 2011, at age 20, she faced a stalking incident when Naeem Ahmed, a man from Pakistan living in Britain, sent her over 40 messages, gifts, and letters, referring to her as "Hunny Bunny."
Authorities charged him with stalking after he ignored warnings from the Kennedy family's security team. No further incidents followed his arrest.
In a development reported on November 22, 2025, Tatiana disclosed in a New Yorker essay that doctors diagnosed her with acute myeloid leukemia shortly after her daughter's birth in May 2024.
The condition, a cancer affecting blood and bone marrow, emerged when tests showed an imbalance in her white blood cells. She described the initial reaction:
"Everyone thought it was something to do with the pregnancy or the delivery. After a few hours, my doctors thought it was leukemia. My parents, Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, had brought my two-year-old son to the hospital to meet his sister, but suddenly I was being moved to another floor."
Further tests confirmed the diagnosis, including a rare mutation called Inversion 3, which resisted standard treatments. She underwent five weeks at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, a bone-marrow transplant at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and chemotherapy at home.
Participating in clinical immunotherapy trials, she learned the disease would prove terminal, with her doctor estimating, "it could keep me alive for a year."
Tatiana reflected on the family toll, noting her mother's history of loss:
"When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family."
She praised her husband's role:
"George did everything for me that he possibly could. He talked to all the doctors and insurance people that I didn’t want to talk to; he slept on the floor of the hospital."
Some reports speculated a connection to 9/11 exposure, given her New York upbringing, but doctors expressed doubt.
Before the illness, she planned a book on oceans, focusing on their degradation and potential solutions.
Her essay also touched on watching her uncle, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 's political activities amid her health battle.
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