Early life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jacqueline Bouvier was born on July 28, 1929 within Southampton, New York at Southampton Hospital. Her parents were John Vernou Bouvier III and Janet Norton Lee.

From an early age, she developed a love of horse ridding. She would consistently favor this activity for the rest of her life, though her skills notably developed the most during her childhood. Her parents can be credited with her fondness for the activity since the pair were both horse riders as well.

Jacqueline's relationship with her father was loving, as she idolized and looked up to him. He was also quite fond of her, giving her compliments whenever she came to see him. After Jacqueline's mother remarried, however, he became fearful that he would lose his daughter as she began a new family. The one downside to their relationship as some biographers have noted is that her viewing of his adultery may have contributed to her view of accepting it on the part of men, even those that she herself was romantically involved with.

Her mother remarried in 1942 to Hugh D. Auchincloss, who as a result of the marriage became Jacqueline's stepfather.