The Kennedy family: An American dynasty

The Kennedy family in 1937. Joseph Kennedy (from left), his wife Rose and their children: Patricia, John, Jean, Eunice, Robert, Katheleen, Edward, Rosemary (standing) and Joseph Jr Photograph: AFP John Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier pose with ushers and maids of honour on their wedding day in 1953 Photograph: Hulton /Getty Images John F Kennedy throws a football to his nephew, Bobby Jr, as his brother Robert looks on at Hickory Hill in McLean, Virginia in 1957 Photograph: Paul Schutzer/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image Presidential candidate John F Kennedy confers head-to-head with Robert Kennedy, his brother and campaign organiser, in 1960 Photograph: Hank Walker/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image The Kennedy family at their home in Hyannisport, Massachusetts on the night after John F Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election. Front row from left: Eunice Shriver, Rose Kennedy , Joseph Kennedy , Jacqueline Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy. Back row, from left: Ethel Kennedy, Stephen Smith, Jean Smith, John F Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy, Pat Lawford , Sargent Shriver, Joan Kennedy, and Peter Lawford Photograph: Paul Schutzer/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image President John F Kennedy's father, Joseph P Kennedy at his son's inauguration in 1961 Photograph: Paul Schutzer/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image President John F Kennedy works late at the White House while his son, John Jr, plays in his desk Photograph: Stanley Tretick/AP The first family take a break on the patio of their Squaw Island House in Hyannisport, Massachusetts in 1963 Photograph: Corbis Members of the Kennedy family at the funeral of assassinated president John F Kennedy in 1963. From left: Edward Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy (aged 6), Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and John Kennedy Jr Photograph: Hulton /Getty Robert Kennedy with his children, niece Caroline, and nephew John Kennedy Jr in 1964 Photograph: George Silk/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image Jacqueline Kennedy riding with her son, John F Kennedy Jr during a vacation in Ireland in 1967 Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images John F Kennedy Jr, Edward Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy and her mother Jacqueline Kennedy are all smiles at Caroline's graduation in 1980 Photograph: Bettmann /Corbis