Tatiana Schlossberg Photographed in Tender Family Scene in Recently Published Image Captured Three Months Before Her Passing at 35
Tatiana Schlossberg appears radiating joy with her family in a recently published photograph captured three months prior to her death at 35
The photograph shared by the JFK Library Foundation on Monday, January 5th, depicts Schlossberg at Martha’s Vineyard alongside her spouse, George Moran, and their two young children: son Edwin and daughter Josephine
The photograph’s publication arrives nearly a week following the JFK Library Foundation’s confirmation of Schlossberg’s passing on Tuesday, December 30th
Tatiana Schlossberg appears radiating joy with her family in a recently published photograph captured three months prior to her death at 35.
On Monday, January 5th, the JFK Library Foundation posted a picture captured at Martha’s Vineyard in September, displaying Schlossberg with her spouse, George Moran, and their two young children: son Edwin and daughter Josephine.
The pair, who wed in 2017, sat together on the grass with their red-haired toddlers for the photograph.
Foundation Honors Her Memory
“As we honor Tatiana and commemorate her life, our thoughts remain with her family and everyone who cherished her,” states the caption accompanying the photograph.
The photograph’s publication arrives nearly a week following the JFK Library Foundation’s social media announcement confirming Schlossberg’s passing on Tuesday, December 30th.
“Our cherished Tatiana departed this morning. She will remain eternally in our hearts,” stated the message, bearing signatures from “George, Edwin and Josephine Moran, Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose and Rory.”
Her Brave Public Disclosure
Schlossberg, the middle offspring of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, revealed her acute myeloid leukemia diagnosis in a compelling essay published by The New Yorker in November 2025.
Schlossberg explained that she discovered she had the illness following the birth of her second baby in May 2024, after her physician detected an abnormality in her white blood cell levels and conducted additional testing.
“I couldn’t—refused to—accept that they meant me. I had completed a mile-long swim the previous day, nine months pregnant. I wasn’t ill. I felt perfectly healthy. I considered myself among the healthiest individuals I knew,” she recalled at the time, noting she was subsequently informed by her physician that she had under a year remaining.
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Family Support Through Treatment
In the piece, Schlossberg also described receiving encouragement from her parents, along with her older sister, Rose, and younger brother, Jack, throughout months of medical interventions. Rose even proved compatible to donate stem cells and contributed to Schlossberg’s initial transfusion.
“My brother was a partial match, yet he still questioned every physician whether perhaps a partial match might be superior, hoping it could help,” Schlossberg documented.
“[My family has] steadied me unwaveringly while I have endured suffering, attempting to conceal their anguish and grief to shield me from it. This has been an immense blessing, despite feeling their pain daily,” she continued.
Caroline’s Painful Echo of History
Following announcement of Schlossberg’s passing, a Kennedy family associate shared with PEOPLE that Caroline Kennedy and other relatives will dedicate themselves to preserving the late environmental journalist’s memory—a duty that mirrors something for which Caroline’s mother, Jackie Kennedy, remains forever remembered.
“Caroline is going to need to do for Tatiana’s children what Jackie needed to do for her children: Preserve the memory of their parent that they may not recall,” the Kennedy family associate explained to PEOPLE.
Caroline, who currently maintains an extremely private existence, was merely five days from her sixth birthday when her father, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22nd, 1963. Her younger brother, John F. Kennedy Jr., was approaching his third birthday.
Following JFK’s assassination, Jackie emphasized that her public duties as a mourning first lady ranked secondary to her obligations to her children.
Continuing Jackie’s Legacy
“[Caroline] is going to need to replicate what her mother accomplished with her and John, together with Tatiana’s husband, in nurturing those children,” the family associate noted. “She’s going to need to attempt to maintain her memory and ensure they understand who she was and ensure they retain memories of her.”
“It’s heartbreaking,” they continued, “and she has precedent to follow.”
The family associate further conveyed to PEOPLE, “What I understand about Caroline is that she will honor Tatiana’s memory throughout her lifetime. She will ensure that Tatiana is commemorated, and that’s a blessing, having a family like that.”
A Testament to Love and Resilience
The September photograph now represents one of the final documented moments of Schlossberg with her complete family, captured during a period when she was confronting her terminal diagnosis yet remained devoted to creating memories with her children.
The image’s warmth and authenticity reflect what those close to Schlossberg consistently emphasized: her unwavering commitment to her family and her determination to embrace life fully despite facing mortality.
As Edwin and Josephine mature, this photograph—along with countless other memories being carefully preserved by their extended family—will serve as tangible evidence of their mother’s love and the joyful moments they shared together, even if they cannot personally recall them.
The Kennedy family’s dedication to preserving Schlossberg’s legacy for her children represents not merely an act of remembrance, but a profound commitment to ensuring that two young lives forever touched by tragedy will nevertheless grow up understanding the remarkable woman their mother was.