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Of course us Americans turn up our noses at the concept of a "Royal Family" but if their was one, they would be it. But you are right, they are HUMAN and certainly have their share of tragedy to prove it. But in spite of everything, the Kennedys as a family have dedicated their lives to public service which, in my opinion is quite admirable.
Interesting they all go back to the middle of the 19th Centruy. The Kennedy family are relative newcomers on the political stage. The Bush family has a much longer history, going back to Samuel Bush, who during WWI was was appointed to the War Industries Board.
Then there is the Rockefeller family who goes back over 150 years. One interesting thing I noticed about the Bush and Rockefeller families is the association with banks.....?
The Roosevelt Family Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt....and the Delano Family...hmmm Alan Shepard...the fifth person to walk on the moon was from that family too...
An interesting fact about Patrick Kennedy (the son of Patrick Kennedy the Irish immigrent) "......... thirty five year old Kennedy succumbed to the highly infectious cholera that infested East Boston, and died on November 22, 1858—105 years to the day before his great-grandson John F. Kennedy would be assassinated." It seems the Kennedy family had much closer living memory relationship with poverty and need.
The Bush and Rockefeller famlies have been very far away from poverty for some time.
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