(his grandfather was a Czech Jew named Fritz Kohn who changed his name
to Frederick Kerry to escape a violent strain of anti-Semitism)
I've often wondered how many of us, w/out realizing it, have ancestors
who may have done the same thing as Kerry's grandfather. It's one of
the reasons I am so bemused when we think we know our heritage
Sande Knight
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For what itâs worth ...
John Kerry
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http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/061503.shtml
The family tree
Kerry's reputation as a Boston Brahmin has deep roots, but only on one side of the
family. His maternal ancestors include the Forbes family, which started the
Boston-China trade and which still owns estates around the world frequented by Kerry,
and the Winthrops, who produced the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The Kerry name on his father's side led some of his Irish-American constituents to
assume he had Irish roots.
Here the story takes a turn. For the past 15 years or so, Kerry says, he knew his
paternal grandmother was probably Jewish, and he also knew the Kerrys came from the
former Austrian empire. But he said he did not know, until informed by the Globe
earlier this year, that his grandfather was a Czech Jew named Fritz Kohn who changed
his name to Frederick Kerry to escape a violent strain of anti-Semitism. According to
a story passed down to at least one family member, Kohn and his siblings randomly
dropped a pencil on a map of Europe, spotted Ireland's County Kerry, and adopted the
name. Kohn and his wife, Ida Lowe, who was born Jewish in Budapest, changed their name
to Kerry, were baptized as Catholics in 1902, and immigrated to the United States in
1905.
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http://www.familyforest.com/johnkerry.html
One of Senator Kerry's royal and saintly ancestors, Louis IX The Saint, King of France
...
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George W. Bush
Related to Prince William
http://www.guardian.co.uk/netnotes/article/0,6729,794425,00.html
http://www.ancestry.com/landing/famoustrees/gwbush/bush_tree.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~ntgen/bw/pres_atop.html#p%20to%20i
In an email dated Tue, 20 Jan 2004 7:38:41 pm GMT, "Knight, Sandra \(US -
Philadelphia\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Tonight is the State of the Union address.
>Does anyone know if Kerry has a longer pedigree than Bush? ÂAccording to
>election lore, that candidate who has the longer pedigree (no jokes,
>according to Burke's Peerage) always wins. ÂIt has always been true for
>every election, as far as I know. ÂI don't want to tease myself with the
>possibility of something that may not happen, i.e., Bush's opponent,
>whoever he is winning.
>
>Sande Knight
>tel. 215-246-2424
>fax 215-405-3178
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