Al Gore’s Family Tree
The Gore dynasty includes several politicians and lawyers. The candidate’s father was a lawyer and three-term senator from Tennessee. His mother became the first female graduate of Vanderbilt Law School. (Al Gore attended that school as well but dropped out in 1976 to run for Congress.) Attorney, confidant and brother-in-law Frank Hunger is the former head of the Justice Department’s civil division. Daughter Karenna Gore Schiff, 27, recently graduated from Columbia Law School.
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HIS PARENTS: Albert Arnold Gore Sr.
born Dec. 26, 1907
died Dec. 5, 1998
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Married April 27, 1937
Pauline LaFon
born Aug. 16, 1912
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HIS SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW:
Nancy Gore Hunger
born 1938
died July 11, 1984
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Married 1966
Frank Watson Hunger
born July 22, 1936
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HIS FAMILY: Al Gore Jr.
born March 31, 1948
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Married May 19, 1970
Mary Elizabeth “Tipper” Aitcheson
born Aug. 19, 1948
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Albert III
born 1982
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Sarah
born 1979
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Kristin
born 1977
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Karenna
born 1973
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Married 1997
Andrew Schiff
born 1965
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One son
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SOURCE: Current Biography, Who’s Who in America, news & wire reports
Researched by JOHN TYRRELL / Los Angeles Times
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