Emma Rose Shriver was born in 2005, the youngest child of Mark Kennedy Shriver and Jeanne Ripp Shriver. She is the granddaughter of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver. Her middle name Rose honors Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, her great-great-grandmother, who was the family matriarch and lived to 104. Emma represents the fourth generation of the Kennedy-Shriver family's tradition of public service.
Emma Rose Shriver is the child of Mark Kennedy Shriver and Jeanne Ripp.
Emma Rose Shriver is the daughter of Mark Kennedy Shriver, author and former Maryland State Delegate, and Jeanne Ripp Shriver.
Emma Rose Shriver's middle name honors Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, her great-great-grandmother and the Kennedy family matriarch who lived to 104.