Smithsonian studies Shriver family ancestors in DC

Published June 11, 2014 6:16am ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthropologists from the Smithsonian have been analyzing the remains of 16 ancestors buried in the 1800s who were related to the Shriver family that more recently included a sister to President John F. Kennedy.

The human remains had been buried in a historic tomb at Washington’s Congressional Cemetery that was in danger of collapse. They will be reinterred Wednesday in a renovated tomb after a memorial service with members of the Shriver family.

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