 "Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former US President John F. Kennedy")
Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former US President John F. Kennedy, publicly revealed she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has been given less than a year to live.
At age 34, Schlossberg learnt in May 2024 that she has acute myeloid leukemia with a rare mutation—a condition usually seen in older patients. After a high white-blood-cell count was noted post-childbirth, further tests led to the diagnosis.
A journalist and author focused on environmental issues, Schlossberg has undergone multiple rounds of chemotherapy and two stem-cell transplants—one using her sister’s cells, another using an unrelated donor’s. She is also participating in clinical trials. Her doctor reportedly told her that he may be able to keep her alive “for a year, maybe.”
She is the daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, and sister to Jack and Rose Schlossberg. The family belongs to one of America’s most storied political families.
In her essay, Schlossberg spoke candidly about her feelings of guilt for adding a new tragedy to her family’s history, noting: “For my whole life, I have tried to be good… Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family’s life, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.”
Her cousin, journalist and former politician Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is active in public policy and research is mentioned. Schlossberg specifically criticised cuts he supports to medical research, writing that as someone whose life depends on doctors and clinical advances, she watched cuts that she believes could affect cancer-patients like herself.
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View AllCurrently receiving treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York City, she said that although she doesn’t know what the coming months will bring, she knows the people with whom she wants to spend them.