John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kennedy. John was named after his mother's father John Francis Fitzgerald who was the mayor of Boston. Friends and family started calling him Jack when he was little and it just stuck. When he was three, John's family moved into a new home that had twelve rooms and a great big front porch. John was the second oldest of nine children that lived in the Kennedy household. With so many children to play with, John was always busy doing something. John had any older brother named Joe Jr. who he played with most of the time. John and Joe played hard and enjoyed competing against each other. Joe Sr. encouraged competition especially with the boys. Joe had very high expectations and wanted them to win at everything they did. John was the only competition that Joe Jr. had to his throne of oldest child so competition was always very strong.
John's grandfathers had done very well for themselves by both being well......

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