The congressional record contained a St. Patrick’s Day statement from John O’Kerry proudly proclaiming his Irish heritage. When he was called on it during the campaign, it was said that a member of his staff had entered that falsehood into the Congressional Record on John Kerry’s behalf and did not relate to any actual statements by JFK.
Source: About.com
John Kerry's Jewish Roots Fooled you! And you, and you, and you.
Even the best friends of Senator John Forbes Kerry, a practicing Catholic from Massachusetts (the state which contains America’s largest Irish Catholic population), thought of him as an American Irish Catholic through and through.
The discovery of Kerry’s European Jewish roots has surprised many people, including the senator himself.
Benedikt Kohn (Great-Grandfather)
Benedikt Kohn, the great-grandfather of Senator John Kerry, was born about 1824 in southern Moravia. Benedikt was successful as a master brewer of beer.
In 1868, after the death of his first wife, he moved to Bennisch (today called Horni Benesov) and married Mathilde Frankel Kohn. Benedikt and Mathilde Kohn were two of the only 27 Jews living in Bennisch, which is listed as having a total population of 4,200, in 1880.