Trivia

Rory's wedding to Mark Bailey was the destination of cousin John Kennedy Jr.'s plane when it crashed on July 16, 1999, over Aquinnah, Massachusetts.

Was born six months after her father was assassinated.

Daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy.

Youngest of 11 children

Kept her maiden name in marriage.

Graduated from Brown University with a degree in women's studies.

Granddaughter of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy.

Niece of John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Ted Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Patricia Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, and Rushton Skakel Sr..

Cousin of Caroline Kennedy, Tommy Skakel, Michael Skakel, Robert Shriver, Maria Shriver, William Kennedy Smith, Patrick Joseph Kennedy II and Christopher Lawford.

Gave birth to a daughter September 30 2002, Georgia Elizabeth Kennedy-Bailey

Sister of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, Maxwell Kennedy, and Kerry Kennedy.

Gave birth to a daughter, Bridget Kennedy-Bailey, in July 2004

Gave birth to her third child, a boy named Zachary Corkland Kennedy-Bailey, on July 16, 2007.

College roommate of Vanessa Vadim.

Her cousin John Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette, were en route to her Hyannis Port wedding when the plane he was piloting crashed, killing all three. Newlyweds Rory and Mark Bailey would later produce, write and direct the documentary Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (2022) about the crashes of two Boeing 737s between 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people.