The irony is that Hitler would have considered Kerry a Jew because his grandfather was Jewish (I think the name was Cohen before the grandfather changed it to Kerry, supposedly after the county in Ireland). Of course Kerry was raised Catholic and his mother was not Jewish—sort of like the case of Barry Goldwater except that Goldwater was Episcopalian...and wasn’t known for constantly saying stupid things.
Yes, Kerry’s real name should be Cohen.
IIRC grandfather Fred Kohn got snuffed in a Boston hotel bathroom. Sure would be nice to know the true story behind that.
On his mother’s side he is a Forbes and Winthrop. He is related to scads of Northeastern money types including the Bushes. In 2004 we had two cousins running against each other.