{"id":500237,"date":"2026-03-03T01:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500237\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T01:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:11:12","slug":"jackie-kennedys-6-siblings-all-about-the-late-first-ladys-brothers-and-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500237\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie Kennedy’s 6 Siblings: All About the Late First Lady\u2019s Brothers and Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jacqueline<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Kennedy (left) with her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill on March 20, 1961 in New York
Credit: Bettmann\/Getty<\/p>\n

Before living in the White House with President John F. Kennedy<\/a>, first lady Jacqueline \u201cJackie\u201d Kennedy Onassis<\/a> grew up surrounded by her brothers and sisters, including Hugh Jr., Lee, Nina and Janet.<\/p>\n

Born to stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier III and Janet Norton Lee, Jackie was an only child until March 3, 1933, when her sister Caroline \u201cLee\u201d Radziwill<\/a> was born.<\/p>\n

Jackie’s family got even bigger in 1942 when Janet, who split from Bouvier III in 1940, married Standard Oil heir Hugh D. Auchincloss, giving Jackie and Lee three new stepsiblings: Hugh \u201cYusha\u201d D. Auchincloss Jr., Hugh Sr.\u2019s son with ex-wife Maya de Chrapovitsky, and Thomas Gore Auchincloss and Nina Auchincloss Straight, whom Hugh Sr. shared with his second wife, Nina Gore.<\/p>\n

Nina was particularly enchanted with her new big sister, telling The New York Times<\/a> in 1981, \u201cI traipsed after [Jackie] everywhere. … She remains an idol to me. She has great character, courage and discipline. She has been a good friend.”<\/p>\n

Their family wasn\u2019t yet complete, however: Janet and Hugh Sr. welcomed Jackie\u2019s youngest sister Janet Jennings Auchincloss in 1945 and youngest brother James Lee Auchincloss in 1947.<\/p>\n

Here’s everything to know about Jackie Kennedy\u2019s siblings.<\/p>\n

Jackie and Hugh Jr. were friends before their parents got married\"Jackie<\/p>\n

Jackie Kennedy with her mother Janet Lee Auchincloss
Credit: Bettmann\/Getty<\/p>\n

As kids, Jackie and Hugh Jr. spent summers together before becoming siblings, as he recalled to NBC10<\/a> in November 2013.<\/p>\n

After their parents married, they enjoyed the privileges of being the oldest two members of the Auchincloss\/Bouvier clan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she became part of the family, and my stepmother moved up here in the summer of 1943, everything got moved around,\u201d Hugh Jr. recalled to The Providence Journal<\/a> in 1999. \u201cI moved up from the room downstairs. Since I was the eldest in the family, I had the first pick of the rooms.”<\/p>\n

He continued, “Jackie was the second oldest so she got the second-best room, which is this room with its view of the Bay at sunset. She was always [in] the room next to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following his death of cancer at age 87 in June 2015, Hugh Jr.\u2019s daughter Maya spoke to the Associated Press<\/a> about her father\u2019s connection to Jackie in his later years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had a lot of respect for each other and whoever the other one was seeing, they would introduce and meet and get each other\u2019s approval and advice about things,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Jackie and Lee often traveled together\"Caroline<\/p>\n

Caroline Lee Bouvier and Jacqueline Bouvier on September 15, 1951 on a boat from Europe to the United States
Credit: Apic\/Getty<\/p>\n

Jackie and Lee, who referred to each other as \u201cJacks\u201d and \u201cPekes,\u201d were travel companions who first headed abroad together in 1951 when Lee was 18 years old.<\/p>\n

According to Vanity Fair<\/a>, the trip was a gift for Lee\u2019s high school graduation, and a chance for Jackie to return to Paris, where she had studied abroad at Sorbonne.<\/p>\n

“That summer was my first trip to Europe,\u201d Lee recalled to The New York Times<\/a> in October 2000. \u201cJackie was leading the way, as she had lived here for two years … It was such an organized trip. We had to call our mother all the time.”<\/p>\n

In 1962, Lee accompanied her sister on her goodwill tour to India and Pakistan, where they rode elephants and ceremonial camels, Lee told The New York Times Magazine<\/a> in February 2013.<\/p>\n

Nina was Jackie\u2019s maid of honor\"Jacqueline<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (left) with her sister Nina Auchincloss Straight (left) in New York City, circa 1981
Credit: Robert R McElroy\/Getty<\/p>\n

When Jackie wed JFK<\/a> on Sept. 12, 1953, her sisters Lee and Nina were by her side as her matron of honor and maid of honor, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always viewed myself as Jackie\u2019s \u2018Sancho Panza\u2019 or sidekick,\u201d Nina told The Intelligent Collector<\/a>. \u201cI did the dirty work. We had so much fun. Ours was a very close relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackie opened up about the mutual respect she had for Nina \u2014 who worked as Washington bureau chief for the Chattanooga Times from 1963 until 1971 per the outlet \u2014 at a book launch for her novel Ariabella: The First in April 1981.<\/p>\n

”I’ve been fond of [Nina] since she was 5 and came into the family,\u201d Jackie told The New York Times. \u201cI was 12 at the time. I regarded her as the cutest, most mischievous little girl I’d ever seen. She made our small family a large family.”<\/p>\n

Jackie and Janet wed in the same church\"John<\/p>\n

John Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier at their wedding in 1953
Credit: Bettmann\/Getty<\/p>\n

Thirteen years after Jackie and JFK said their \u201cI dos,\u201d Jackie\u2019s younger sister Janet tied the knot at the same location.<\/p>\n

Janet wed financier Lewis Polk Rutherford at St. Mary\u2019s Roman Catholic Church in Newport, R.I., on July 31, 1966, as reported by The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jackie and JFK\u2019s daughter Caroline<\/a> served as one of Janet’s flower girls, alongside Lee\u2019s daughter Anna Christina and Hugh Jr.\u2019s daughter Maya.<\/p>\n

John F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>., Lee\u2019s son Anthony Radziwill, Hugh Jr.\u2019s son Cecil Lyon Auchincloss, Thomas\u2019s son Thomas Gore Auchincloss Jr. and Nina\u2019s sons Ivan and Hugh Steers, meanwhile, acted as pages.<\/p>\n

Jackie’s brother Hugh Jr. got along with JFK<\/p>\n

Jackie\u2019s older brother Hugh Jr. was not only close to the first lady, but to her late husband as well.<\/p>\n

According to his daughter Maya, the two men hit it off after being introduced by Jackie over dinner, despite her misgivings about their opposing political parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was living in Washington and invited my father over for dinner this wonderful evening,\u201d Maya recounted to the Associated Press. \u201cShe [told Hugh Jr.], \u2018Now, you should remember Jack\u2019s a Democrat and you\u2019re a Republican. Be careful what you say.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cBut it went very smoothly. She made a nice dinner, and [Hugh Jr.] made drinks that then became a favorite of Jack\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackie had at least 12 nieces and nephews\"President<\/p>\n

President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy with their extended family at the White House in Washington, D.C. on December 25, 1962
Credit: John F. Kennedy Library\/Courtesy of Getty<\/p>\n

In addition to being a mother<\/a> to Caroline and John F. Kennedy Jr., Jackie was an aunt to her brothers\u2019 and sisters\u2019 children, of which there are at least 12.<\/p>\n

Her oldest brother, Hugh Jr., had two children, twins Maya and Cecil, according to The Newport Daily News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lee welcomed son Anthony and daughter Anna Christina with her ex-husband Prince Stanislas \u201cStash\u201d Radziwill. Notably, JFK was Anna Christina’s godfather, according to The Clarion-Ledger<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anthony went on to become an award-winning TV producer and married his wife Carole Radziwill<\/a> in 1994. He died at age 40 from cancer on Aug. 10, 1999, and Carole later joined The Real Housewives of New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nina and her first husband, politician Newton Ivan Steers Jr., welcomed three sons together: Hugh, Ivan and Burr.<\/p>\n

Hugh was a figurative painter whose work has been exhibited in the Whitney Museum of Modern Art, per The New York Times<\/a>. Meanwhile, Burr is an actor who starred in the 1994 flick Pulp Fiction and directed 2009\u2019s 17 Again.<\/p>\n

Jackie\u2019s younger brother Thomas, meanwhile, shared two children, Diana Luise and Thomas Gore Jr., with ex-wife Diana Lippert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the Los Angeles Times<\/a>, Jackie\u2019s youngest sister Janet and Rutherford had three kids: sons Lewis and Andrew and daughter Alexandra.<\/p>\n

Jackie was at Janet\u2019s bedside in her last days<\/p>\n

Though Janet lived in Hong Kong for much of her married life, teaching French at Chinese University until 1968 and helping to found the first overseas chapter of the League of Women Voters in Hong Kong in 1979, she remained close to her sister.<\/p>\n

When Janet died of cancer at the age of 39 in 1985, the Los Angeles Times reported that Jackie, who had regularly visited her half-sister in life, was at her bedside.<\/p>\n

Jackie and her children Caroline and JFK Jr. were also in attendance for Janet\u2019s intimate funeral, which took place at Trinity Church in Newport, R.I.<\/p>\n

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