"John Kerry is not Irish. As has been widely reported, John Kerry's grandfather, the devout Catholic Franklin Kerry, grew up in central Europe as the Jewish Fritz Kohn, changing his name before immigrating to the U.S. in 1905. Kerry's mother is part of a wealthy Massachusetts family that traces its English roots back to the founding of the Bay State"
As the former state senate President William Bulger used to say that John Kerry was only Irish every 6 years.
"John Kerry is not Irish. As has been widely reported, John Kerry's grandfather, the devout Catholic Franklin Kerry, ....."
I know, I just could not resist asking the question, him ducking out on the Irish reminded me of his lost identity.
See the post above for the explanation about Kerry's non-Irish ancestry.