Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, shared a deeply personal account of her battle with acute myeloid leukemia in an emotional essay for The New Yorker in November 2025. She revealed she was diagnosed just hours after giving birth to her daughter, Josephine, in 2024, while still recovering from delivery. She and her husband, Dr. George Moran—an assistant professor of urology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center—also share a son, Edwin, born in 2022.
In her essay, Schlossberg praised Moran for his unwavering care. “George did everything for me that he possibly could,” she wrote. “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. He would go home to put our kids to bed and come back to bring me dinner. I know that not everyone can be married to a doctor, but, if you can, it’s a very good idea.” She called him “perfect” and admitted feeling “cheated” that she wouldn’t get to spend more time with him.
Despite chemotherapy and stem cell transplants, Schlossberg’s leukemia—marked by a rare mutation—proved untreatable. Doctors estimated she had at most a year to live. Tragically, just over a month after her essay was published, she passed away. Her family shared in a statement, “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.”
Schlossberg’s essay stands as a testament to her courage, love for her family, and the extraordinary support of her husband during her final months.