Late president John F. Kennedy’s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg has gone 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.
As Tatiana Schlossberg underwent stem cell treatment for her terminal cancer battle, her siblings leapt into action to help. “My sister had turned out to be a match and would donate her stem cells,” Tatiana, 35, wrote in a New Yorker essay published Saturday, November 22, referring to older sister Rose Schlossberg. “My brother [Jack […]
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.
Her parents, Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, have since stepped in, along with Tatiana’s siblings, Rose and Jack.
“They have held my hand unflinchingly while I have suffered, trying not to show their pain and sadness in order to protect me from it,” she wrote. “This has been a great gift, even though I feel their pain every day.”
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 Is 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, whose name has not yet been revealed, was born in May 2024.
Prince William is welcomed by US Ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, Jack Schlossberg and Tatiana Schlossberg. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images
3. Tatiana Schlossberg Is 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.
Tatiana Schlossberg condemned her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his vaccine skepticism while announcing her terminal cancer diagnosis. The environmental reporter, 35, shared the heartbreaking news in a New Yorker essay on Saturday, November 22, that she’d been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and had been given one year to live by her doctors. […]
4. Tatiana Schlossberg Is an Author
Journalism career aside, Tatiana has also become 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.