Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, has made her health battle public. She revealed a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia in an essay written for The New Yorker in November 2025. Doctors initially estimated she had one year to live.
“I couldn’t — didn’t want to — believe they were talking about me,” Schlossberg wrote. “I had swum a mile in the pool the day before, nine months pregnant. I wasn’t sick. I didn’t feel sick. In fact, I was one of the healthiest people I knew.”
She further noted her personal responsibilities. “I had a son I loved more than anything and a newborn I had to care for.”
The diagnosis came months after her second child’s birth in May 2024. Doctors observed an imbalance in her white blood cell count. This led to the discovery of a “rare mutation” called Inversion 3.
Schlossberg was initially informed she would require months of chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. Doctors later advised her that she would not be “cured with standard treatment.”
Her parents, Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, have stepped in to provide support. Her siblings, Rose and Jack, are also assisting her.
“They have held my hand without hesitation as I have suffered,” she penned. “They tried not to show their pain and sadness to protect me from it. This has been a great gift, although I feel their pain every day.”
Schlossberg is an accomplished academic, journalist, and author. She graduated from Yale University in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in history. She then earned a master’s in U.S. History from Oxford University in 2014.
Her journalism career included positions at the Vineyard Gazette and The Record in New Jersey. She also secured an internship at The New York Times, where she worked until 2017.
In 2019, Schlossberg published her debut book, “Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have.” The book earned her the prestigious Rachel Carson Environment Book Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists in 2020.
She is married to George Moran, whom she met at Yale. The couple tied the knot in 2017. They welcomed their son, Edwin, in 2022, and a daughter in May 2024.
Schlossberg is also related to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is her cousin.
While working at The New York Times, Schlossberg reported on a deceased bear cub found in Central Park. A decade later, RFK Jr. publicly admitted to leaving the animal in the park.
“Like law enforcement, I had no idea who was responsible for this when I wrote the story,” Schlossberg told The New York Times. This statement was made after her family member’s involvement became public knowledge.