Anecdotes

Father-in-law of Arnold Schwarzenegger

Children: Robert Shriver (b. 1954), Maria Shriver (b. 1955), Tim Shriver (b. 1959), Mark Shriver (b. 1964) and Anthony Shriver (b. 1965).

Brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith, Patricia Kennedy and Rosemary Kennedy.

Son-in-law of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy.

Subject of a TV documentary shown on PBS in 2008 titled "American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver".

Grandfather of Katherine Schwarzenegger and Patrick Schwarzenegger.

Son of Hilda (Shriver) and Robert Sargent Shriver. His parents were born with the same surname. His ancestry was German, Irish, and small amounts of Scottish, English, Dutch, and French Huguenot.