John Forbes Kerry was born on December 11, 1943 in Aurora, Colorado, at Fitzsimons Army Hospital. He was the second oldest of four children born to Richard John Kerry, a Foreign Service officer and lawyer, and Rosemary Isabel Forbes, a nurse and social activist. His father was raised Catholic (John's paternal grandparents were Austro-Hungarian Jewish immigrants who converted to Catholicism) and his mother was Episcopalian. He was raised with an elder sister named Margaret (born 1941), a younger sister named Diana (born 1947) and a younger brother named Cameron (born 1950). The children were raised in their father's faith; John Kerry served as an altar boy.
John Forbes Kerry was born on December 11 , 1943 in Aurora , Colorado , at Fitzsimons Army Hospital . He was the second oldest of four children born to Richard John Kerry , a Foreign Service officer and lawyer , and Rosemary Isabel Forbes , a nurse and social activist . His father was raised Catholic ( John 's paternal grandparents were Austro - Hungarian Jewish immigrants who converted to Catholicism ) and his mother was Episcopalian . He was raised with an elder sister named Margaret ( born 1941 ) , a younger sister named Diana ( born 1947 ) and a younger brother named Cameron ( born 1950 ) . The children were raised in their father 's faith ; John Kerry served as an altar boy .
What was Kerry's father's religion?
What was Kerry 's father 's religion ?
Catholic
Catholic