Caroline Kennedy's daughter Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, revealed her terminal cancer diagnosis in a New Yorker essay published Nov. 22. Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, speaks at the 2023 Profile in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Oct. 29, 2023.
Caroline Kennedy's daughter reveals terminal cancer diagnosis
Schlossberg wrote that she learned she had acute myeloid leukemia after giving birth to her second baby in May 2024, after her doctor noticed an imbalance in her white blood cell count.
Tatiana Schlossberg attends her book signing at the In goop Health Summit San Francisco 2019 at Craneway Pavilion on Nov. 16, 2019 in Richmond, Calif.
Tatiana Schlossberg attends Intelligencer Live: Our Warmer Future presented by New York Magazine and Brookfield Place on Sept. 5, 2019 in New York City.
Ed Schlossberg, Jack Schlossberg, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Tatiana Schlossberg and George Moran pose for a photo during the 2018 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Dinner at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., May 20, 2018. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former President John F Kennedy lays a wreath during a memorial service in Runnymede, Surrey on Nov. 22, 2013, to mark the 50th anniversary of his assassination.
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former President John F Kennedy speaks during a memorial service in Runnymede, Surrey on Nov. 22, 2013, to mark the 50th anniversary of his assassination.
John "Jack" Schlossberg (L) and Tatiana Schlossberg watch their mother Caroline Kennedy testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on her nomination to be ambassador to Japan in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Sept. 19, 2013.
Rose (L) and Tatiana Schlossberg, grandchildren of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, put on caps with the insignia of the newly-named U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy during a ceremony at the Kennedy Library in Boston, May 29, 2011.
Jack and Tatiana Schlossberg, grandchildren of the late President John F. Kennedy recite Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken during a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the late President's inauguration, at the Kennedy Center concert hall in Washington, Jan. 20, 2011. Jack and Tatiana are children of Kennedy's daughter Caroline Kennedy.
(L to R) Daughters Rose Schlossberg and Tatiana Schlossberg, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and son Jack Schlossberg stand at the podium before the first session of day one of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Aug. 25, 2008 in Denver.
Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg hugs daughter Tatiana Schlossberg outside the JFK Library after handing out the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award May 22, 2000 in Boston. This year marked the first time Kennedy handed out the award without brother John who was killed in a plane crash last summer.
Caroline Kennedy’s daughter, Tatiana Schlossberg in the spotlight
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Caroline Kennedy's daughter Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, revealed her terminal cancer diagnosis in a New Yorker essay published Nov. 22. Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, speaks at the 2023 Profile in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Oct. 29, 2023.
Her doctors estimate she may have less than a year to live.
Schlossberg, the daughter of daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, is an environmental journalist and author.
In the essay, Schlossberg wrote about watching her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. be confirmed to lead Health and Human Services and how medical care swiftly changed. The Kennedy family advocated against his selection for the job.
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, speaks at the 2023 Profile in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 29, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
"I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby, in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health, or the government," she wrote. "Suddenly, the health-care system on which I relied felt strained, shaky. Doctors and scientists at Columbia, including George, didn’t know if they would be able to continue their research, or even have jobs."