Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean And Gideon McKean Passed Away!

The granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy and her son died in a boating accident.

The Kennedy curse continues on. The legendary family is mourning the lost of Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter and her eight-year old son.

The U.S. Coast Guard recovered the body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean in Chesapeake Bay on Monday night. They are still searching for the body of her son, Gideon.

The body was discovered after the Coast Guard searched an area where the woman and her son were canoeing. The search for her son was called off but it's likely they'll find the body of Gideon soon.

Maeve disappeared on Thursday after they were chasing after a lost ball in the bay.

Both McKean and her son were seen struggling to return to the shore during a canoe trip near Fairhaven, a town located 30 miles from Washington, DC.

A search was conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard ended for the two on Saturday but state Natural Resource Police continued the search.

Maeve was a public health and human rights lawyer who serves as executive director of the Georgetown University Global Health Initiative. She graduated from the prestigious Washington, DC college with a law degree.

The Kennedy curse once again claims a family member.

She was married to David McKean in 2009 and has three children. The other children were Gabriella, seven and Toby, three.

She was the daughter of former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.

Kathleen is the oldest daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy. He was killed in Los Angeles in 1968 after attending a campaign rally. He was then the Attorney General under his brother John F. Kennedy. He was also U.S. Senator from New York and former Democratic presidential candidate.