Late President John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg made an impact after going public with her health battle.
Tatiana wrote an essay for The New Yorker in November 2025, revealing that she had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Doctors estimated that she had one year to live.
“I did not — could not — believe that they were talking about me. I had swum a mile in the pool the day before, nine months pregnant. I wasn’t sick. I didn’t feel sick. I was actually one of the healthiest people I knew,” Tatiana wrote. “I had a son whom I loved more than anything and a newborn I needed to take care of.”
News of her diagnosis came months after Tatiana gave birth to her second baby in May 2024. Doctors noticed an imbalance in her white blood cell count before discovering that she had “a rare mutation,” Inversion 3.
Initially, Tatiana was told that she would need to undergo months of chemotherapy and receive a bone-marrow treatment. Doctors then shared that she would not be “cured by a standard course” of treatments.
On December 30, 2025, the JFK Library Foundation announced Tatiana’s death at the age of 35.
“Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning,” the family shared in a statement via Instagram. “She will always be in our hearts.”
Keep scrolling for everything to know about Tatiana:
1. Tatiana Schlossberg Went to Yale University
Tatiana graduated from the Ivy League institution in 2012, with a Bachelor of Arts in History. She went on to attend the University of Oxford and received a master’s degree in American History in 2014.
2. Tatiana Schlossberg Was a Mother of 2
Tatiana and her husband, George Moran, got married in 2017 years after they met at Yale. The couple welcomed their son, Edwin in 2022. Their daughter, Josephine, was born in May 2024.
3. Tatiana Schlossberg Was an Impressive Journalist
After completing her schooling, Tatiana went on to start an impressive journalism career. After working at the Vineyard Gazette as an intern and getting reporting experience at New Jersey’s The Record, Tatiana nabbed an internship at The New York Times. Tatiana worked at the newspaper until 2017.
4. Tatiana Schlossberg Was an Author
Journalism career aside, Tatiana also became a published author. Her debut, Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have, was published in 2019. The following year, the book — and in turn Tatiana — took home the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award.
5. Tatiana Schlossberg’s Connection to RFK Jr. Explained
Of course, Tatiana is connected to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. because she is his cousin. However, things go much deeper. When Tatiana was working at The New York Times, she wrote a story about a dead bear cub found in Central Park. A decade later, RFK Jr. admitted to dumping the deceased animal in the park.
“Like law enforcement, I had no idea who was responsible for this when I wrote the story,” Tatiana told The New York Times after it was revealed that her family member was responsible.
