Caroline Kennedy’s Daughter Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, Reveals Terminal Cancer Diagnosis
In a heartbreaking revelation, Tatiana Schlossberg, the 35-year-old daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg — and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis — has shared that she is battling terminal acute myeloid leukemia. The young journalist and environmental writer opened up about her diagnosis in a deeply emotional essay for The New Yorker, detailing how she discovered the illness shortly after giving birth to her second child.
A Life Changed Overnight
Schlossberg learned something was wrong after her doctor noticed an alarming irregularity in her white blood cell count following the birth of her daughter in May 2024. “A normal white-blood-cell count is around four to eleven thousand cells per microliter,” she wrote. “Mine was a hundred and thirty-one thousand.”
Her physician initially told her it could be a temporary reaction to pregnancy — or something far more serious. “It could just be something related to pregnancy and delivery, or it could be leukemia,” she recalled. Days later, tests confirmed the worst: acute myeloid leukemia with a rare genetic mutation known as Inversion 3.
“I did not — could not — believe that 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.”
Fighting for Time
Doctors told her that her cancer could not be cured by a standard treatment plan. She underwent chemotherapy, a bone-marrow transplant, and later joined a clinical trial for CAR-T-cell therapy, a cutting-edge form of immunotherapy. Despite months of aggressive treatment, she was told in early 2025 that she likely has about a year left to live.
Her essay chronicles both the physical and emotional toll of her illness. “I had a son whom I loved more than anything and a newborn I needed to take care of,” she wrote. “I didn’t want to believe that they were talking about me.”
Throughout her battle, Schlossberg has leaned on her husband, George Moran, whom she married in 2017. “George did everything for me that he possibly could,” she said. “He talked to all the doctors and insurance people that I didn’t want to talk to; he slept on the floor of the hospital.”
She also expressed deep gratitude toward her family — her parents, her brother Jack, and sister Rose. “They have been raising my children and sitting in my various hospital rooms almost every day for the last year and a half. They have held my hand unflinchingly while I have suffered, trying not to show their pain. This has been a great gift, even though I feel their pain every day.”
Love, Legacy, and Loss
For the Kennedy family, Schlossberg’s illness is another devastating chapter in a long history marked by public triumphs and private tragedies. Yet Tatiana’s words reflect the quiet courage and grace that defined her grandmother, Jacqueline Kennedy.
“For my whole life, I have tried to be good — to be a good student, a good sister, a good daughter, and to protect my mother and never make her upset or angry,” Schlossberg wrote. “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 reflections are filled with both gratitude and grief — a young mother trying to savor time with her children while confronting the unimaginable. “Mostly, I try to live and be with them now,” she wrote. “But being in the present is harder than it sounds, so I let the memories come and go.”
A Legacy of Strength
Even in her suffering, Tatiana Schlossberg’s voice is clear and strong — not of defeat, but of profound love and honesty. Her essay stands as both a personal reckoning and a reminder of life’s fragility.
It is also a testament to the enduring spirit of a family that has known more loss than most, yet continues to face tragedy with grace. As Tatiana herself put it: “I can’t change what’s happening. But I can hold on to the people I love, and that’s enough for now.”
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