My mother, Rose Kennedy. Bettmann/Corbis
My dad, Joseph P. Kennedy. Corbis
The wedding of Rose Fitzgerald and Joseph Kennedy, October 7, 1914. Bettmann/Corbis
My mother is flanked by her parents, Josephine and John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, at their 50th Anniversary party in Boston, September 18, 1939. Richard Sears/John F. Kennedy Library
Jack wanted me to be named after George Washington because I was born on his birthday. John F. Kennedy Library
The family posed for a group portrait, July 8, 1934: me, Jean, Bobby, Pat, Eunice, Kathleen, Rosemary, Jack, Mother and Dad. Bettmann/Corbis
With Bobby in Palm Beach, 1934. John F. Kennedy Library
With Bobby, Pat, and Jean, Palm Beach, 1934. John F. Kennedy Library
BACK ROW: Rosemary, Pat, Eunice, Mom; MIDDLE: Bobby, Dad (holding me), Jean. John F. Kennedy Library
In Palm Beach, 1934. John F. Kennedy Library
With Jean and Bobby on Halloween 1934, in Bronxville. John F. Kennedy Library
With Dad in the pool. John F. Kennedy Library
With Jack and Bobby in Palm Beach, April 1936. John F. Kennedy Library
Being received by Pope Pius XII at Vatican City. Dad represented the United States at the Pope's coronation, March 20, 1939. Later, I received my first Holy Communion from the Pope himself. Bettmann/Corbis
At the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, April 11, 1938. AP Photo
With Bobby on our first day at Gibbs School in London, March 1, 1938. Bettmann/Corbis
With Bobby at the reopening of the Royal Children's Zoo, June 9, 1938. Bettmann/Corbis
With Bobby, Jack, Dad, and Joe Jr. in Antibes, France, Summer 1939. John F. Kennedy Library
With Joe Jr. in Palm Beach. John F. Kennedy Library
Sailing with Jack aboard Victura, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, c. 1946. John F. Kennedy Library
Clowning with Jack in Hyannis Port. John F. Kennedy Library
With Jack and Bobby in Hyannis Port. John F. Kennedy Library
Harvard football, 1955. I started at the bottom of the depth chart but stayed with it. Paul Connell/Boston Globe/Landov
With Bobby and Jack on the beach in Palm Beach. Douglas Jones, LOOK Magazine/John F. Kennedy Library
With Bobby and Jack. Edward M. Kennedy Collection
With Joan at our wedding, November 29, 1958. Bettmann/Corbis
With Jack at a campaign stop in West Virginia during my brother's 1960 presidential campaign. When Jack got laryngitis on the trail, I gave a few of his speeches. Corbis
Coming out of Chute 4 on Skyrocket, Miles City, Montana, August 27, 1960. Edward M. Kennedy Collection
The night after Jack won the presidential election. Photo by Paul Schutzer/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
A campaign poster from 1962. Boston Globe/Landov
At a campaign rally in Massachusetts, 1962. Fay Foto Service
Campaigning in Medfield, Massachusetts, October 11, 1962. Frank C. Curtin/AP Photo
With President Kennedy at a Democratic Party fundraiser, "New England's Salute to the President," at the Boston Armory, October 1963. Cecil Stoughton/John F. Kennedy Library
With Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu, First Lady of South Vietnam, at a luncheon during the Inter-Parliamentary conference in Belgrade, 1963. Bettmann/Corbis
With Kara and Teddy Jr. John Loengard/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images
Teddy Jr. and Kara. Bettmann/Corbis
The remains of the plane that crashed in the fog near Southampton, Massachusetts, December 1964. Bettmann/Corbis
After the plane crash, being wheeled into an ambulance for my transfer to New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. AZB/AP Photo
Receiving physical therapy. Leonard McCombe/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images
With Joan, Kara, and Teddy Jr. at New England Baptist Hospital. Bettmann/Corbis
With Bobby in the hospital. Bettmann/Corbis
With Dad, December 1964. Bettmann/Corbis
Presenting a Purple Heart to a wounded American serviceman during an inspection tour of Vietnam, October 1965. Edward M. Kennedy Collection
With Coretta and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at a meeting of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, August 8, 1966. Edward M. Kennedy Collection
St. Patrick's Day Parade in South Boston. Burton Berinsky/John F. Kennedy Library/Landov
A hearing on the issue of poverty, March 1967. Wally McNamee/Corbis
Discussing campaign strategy with Bobby at Hickory Hill in McLean, Virginia, 1968. Burt Glinn/Magnum Photos
With Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, at a celebration marking the 24th anniversary of Indian independence, August 1971. Bettmann/Corbis
With a refugee child in Calcutta during a fact-finding mission to India, August 1971. Bettmann/Corbis
With members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War during a 1972 demonstration on the Washington Mall. John Kerry is visible at bottom right. Steven Clevenger/Corbis
Speaking with Vietnam veterans during the 1972 demonstration on the Washington Mall. Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
Meeting with Jewish Refusniks in Moscow, 1974. Ken Regan/Camera 5
With Howard Cosell at the RFK Tennis Tournament, in Forest Hills, New York, 1975. Ken Regan/Camera 5
With Walter Cronkite at the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City. CBS /Landov
Being received by Pope Paul VI during a private audience in Vatican City, November 12, 1976. AP Photo
With Mother in Hyannis Port, 1978. Ken Regan/Camera 5
With Pat and Jean, campaigning for the 1980 presidential nomination. Ken Regan/Camera 5
With Leonid Brezhnev and a Russian interpreter, 1979. Ken Regan/Camera 5
In China, 1979. Ken Regan/Camera 5
With Dick Drayne, Jim Flug, and Paul Kirk at the Democratic convention, watching Tip O'Neil on TV. Ken Regan/Camera 5
Campaigning in Illinois, 1980. Ken Regan/Camera 5
Andy Warhol helped raise $300,000 for the Kennedy for President Committee through the sale of these large red, white, and blue posters. Kerry Kennedy (l) and Jean Kennedy Smith aided the fundraising. Bettmann/Corbis
Shaking hands with Jimmy Carter at the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, August 14, 1980. Bettmann/Corbis
With President Ronald Reagan at a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, to honor my brother Bobby, June 5, 1981. Bettmann/Corbis
With my sister Jean, Cardinal Bernard F. Law, and Pope John Paul II at a Very Special Arts (VSA) performance at the Vatican, January 23, 1985. AP Photo
With Teddy, Kara, and Patrick, Parade magazine cover, 1982. Ken Regan/Camera 5
With Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John Kennedy, and Caroline Kennedy, at John's graduation from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, June 4, 1983. AP Photo
Giving away the bride at Caroline's wedding, July 19, 1986. Denis Reggie
With the mother of the bride at Caroline's wedding. Denis Reggie
Being introduced by John at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, July 1988. Bettmann/Corbis
Leaving the JFK Library in the snow with Vicki, March 21, 1992. George Rizer/Boston Globe/Landov
Wedding photo, July 3, 1992. Denis Reggie
With Nelson Mandela, deputy president of the African National Congress, at a rally in his honor at the Esplanade in Boston before a crowd of more than 200,000 people, June 25, 1990. AP Photo
With Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, center, and Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), talking to reporters on Capitol Hill, September 3, 1997. Dennis Cook /AP Photo
Waving to a crowd gathered in Menemsha Harbor aboard the yacht Relemar with President Bill Clinton, Vicki, Caroline Kennedy, Ed Schlossberg, First Lady Hillary Clinton, Vernon Jordan, and Chelsea Clinton, August 1993. Win McNamee/Reuters
At the wedding of John Kennedy and Carolyn Bessette. Denis Reggie
Little Teddy, winner of Most Improved Sailor award.
With grandkids Grace, Kiley, Ted and Max, Summer 2006.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, April 20, 2006. Stuart Ramson/AP Photo
Dressed as The Grinch for the office Christmas party.
With Splash and Sunny. Denis Reggie
"Daffodils," a painting I made for Vicki.
At the beach. BACK ROW: Caroline, Vicki, Grace, Kara, Patrick, me, Teddy Jr., and Curran. FRONT ROW: Max, Teddy, Kiki, and Kiley. Tom Fitzsimmons
Surrounded by family at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, 2008: Patrick, Curran, Teddy Jr., Kara, Vicki, and Caroline. AP Photo
The 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 25, 2008. Stephen Crowley/The New York Times/Redux
My birthday celebration at the Kennedy Center, March 8, 2009. President Obama joins host Bill Cosby, Frederica von Stade, Lizz Wright, Denyce Graves, and James Taylor onstage to sing "Happy Birthday." Chris Usher/UPI/Landov
With Michelle Obama at the Kennedy Center birthday celebration. Margot Schulman
The Figawi Race: Karl Anderson, EMK Jr., David Nunes, Patrick, me, John Strachan, Kiki, Sen. Chris Dodd, and Vicki.
Throwing out the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day at Fenway Park in Boston, April 7, 2009. Elise Amendola/AP Photo
Discussing the signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, with President Obama, former President Bill Clinton, and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office, April 21, 2009. Brooks Kraft/Corbis
On the grounds of the White House, April 21, 2009. Pete Souza/MAI /Landov