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William Finbar 'Finn' Kennedy

​   William Finbar "Finn" Kennedy was born on November 8, 1997 to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his late wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy and is Bobby's fifth child and third son.

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   Finn pursued higher education at Brown University, where he studied biology. During his time there, he participated in a National Geographic documentary titled "Sea of Hope."

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  In the film, Finn is featured swimming with dolphins near Buck Island Reef National Monument in the U.S. Virgin Islands, an area designated as the world's first marine park by his great-uncle, President John F. Kennedy, in 1961.

  Reflecting on this experience, Finn described the encounter with the dolphins as feeling "like they were reaching out to distant cousins from across the millennium."

   In addition to his academic pursuits, Finn is an avid skier. In 2016, he spoke about climate change and its impact on the ski industry at the White House Innovation Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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   In various interviews Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spoken about Finn's transformative experience with Ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew traditionally used in indigenous ceremonies. According to Kennedy, Finn participated in an Ayahuasca ceremony in Patagonia, which profoundly impacted him, helping him process complex emotions related to his mother's suicide in 2012.

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   RFK Jr. observed that upon returning, Finn exhibited significant positive changes, becoming more open about his feelings and displaying increased empathy and compassion.

  This experience influenced Bobby's perspective on the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, leading him to advocate for their availability, particularly in controlled therapeutic settings.

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