Tatiana Schlossberg Reveals Terminal Cancer

The daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.

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Nov 22, 2025 - 21:16

Tatiana Schlossberg Reveals Terminal Cancer

Tatiana Schlossberg has terminal cancer.

The 35-year-old daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg revealed in an article published in The New Yorker on Saturday, November 22, that she has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.

Schlossberg said she was diagnosed with the disease after giving birth to her second child in May 2024, when her doctor noticed an imbalance in her white blood cell count.

She wrote, "A few hours later, my doctor noticed my blood count looked strange. A normal white-blood-cell count is about four to eleven thousand cells per microliter. Mine was 131,000 cells per microliter."

She further recalled, "The doctor said it could be something related to pregnancy and delivery, or it could be leukemia," and explained that she was eventually diagnosed with a rare mutation called "inversion 3."

Writing about her treatment options, Schlossberg said, "I couldn't be cured by a standard course of treatment."

Also explaining that she was initially told she would need months of chemotherapy and a bone-marrow transplant, she added, "I couldn't believe—couldn't believe—that they were talking about me. I had swum a mile in the pool the day before, nine months pregnant. I wasn't sick. I didn't feel sick. I was actually one of the healthiest people I knew."

Schlossberg then added, "I had a son I loved more than anything and a newborn I had to care for." (She and her husband, George Moran, who married in 2017, have a 3-year-old son and a 1-year-old daughter.)

After giving birth to her daughter, Schlossberg ultimately spent five weeks at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital. She was then transferred to Memorial Sloan Kettering for a bone-marrow transplant, and she underwent chemotherapy at home.

In January, Schlossberg joined a clinical trial for CAR-T-cell therapy, a type of immunotherapy against certain blood cancers. Ultimately, her doctor told her she had a year to live.

In her essay, Schlossberg praised her husband for his support during this difficult time. She said, "George did everything he could for me. He spoke to all the doctors and insurance people I didn't want to talk to; he slept on the hospital floor."

"My parents, as well as my brother and sister, have been raising my children almost every day for the past year and a half, sitting in different hospital rooms," Schlossberg continued. "When I was in pain, they held my hand without hesitation, trying not to show their pain and sadness to protect me from it. It has been a great gift, even though I feel their pain every day."

Regarding her family, Schlossberg said, "Mostly, I try to live and be with them now."