Did kennedy have Italian roots of sorts ? He doesnt have exactly an?

Question

strong Italian accent, but there is something about his voice I have only heard in northern Italians.

Answer 1

I know why you heard this accent.

Northern Italians are descended from Celts.  (Latins, Lombards, who came to this area were a very small minority) The Irish are descended from Celts.  That's why you hear a similarity of accent.

Answer 2

Irish Roman Catholic. That accent was a new england one when you hear tapes of him speaking.

Answer 3

He was from Massachusetts and of Irish heritage, actually.

Answer 4

Kennedy's family originated in Ireland.

Mark