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On June 30, 1937, Roosevelt married the first of his eventual five wives, [[Ethel du Pont]] (1916–1965) of the [[du Pont family]]. Before their separation and divorce on May 21, 1949,<ref name="PerrinWedding"/> they had two sons, [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt III]] (born July 19, 1938)<ref name="RooseveltGenealogy" /> and Christopher du Pont Roosevelt (born December 21, 1941).<ref name="RooseveltGenealogy" />
 
On August 31, 1949, Roosevelt married for the second time to Suzanne Perrin (May 2, 1921-December 23, 2022), the daughter of Lee James Perrin, a New York attorney.<ref name="PerrinWedding">{{cite news|title=Representative Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. To Marry Miss Suzanne Perrin in August|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/07/30/86778875.html?pageNumber=8|access-date=August 13, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=July 30, 1949}}</ref> They had two daughters before their divorce in 1970, which was obtained in [[Ciudad Juárez|Juárez]], Mexico:<ref name="WarburgWedding"/> Nancy Suzanne Roosevelt (born January 11, 1952),<ref name="RooseveltGenealogy"/> who married Thomas Ellis Ireland, grandson of [[Robert Livingston Ireland Jr.]] in 1977,<ref name="1977Wedding">{{cite news |title=Nancy Suzanne Roosevelt Fiancee of Thomas E. Ireland |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/17/archives/nancy-suzanne-roosevelt-fiancee-of-thomas-e-ireland.html?searchResultPosition=5 |access-date=April 26, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=April 17, 1977}}</ref> and Laura Delano Roosevelt (born October 26, 1959).<ref name="RooseveltGenealogy"/>
 
On July 1, 1970, Roosevelt married for the third time to Felicia Schiff Warburg Sarnoff (born 1927).<ref name="RooseveltGenealogy"/> She was the granddaughter of [[Felix M. Warburg]] (1871–1937) and great‐granddaughter of [[Jacob Schiff]] (1847–1920).<ref name="WarburgWedding">{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. To Wed Felicia Sarnof|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/01/archives/franklin-d-roosevelt-jr-to-wed-felicia-sarnoff.html?_r=0|access-date=August 13, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=July 1, 1970}}</ref> She had been previously married to [[Robert Sarnoff|Robert W. Sarnoff]], chairman and president of the [[RCA Corporation]].<ref name="WarburgWedding"/> The marriage was childless and ended in divorce in 1976.<ref name="RooseveltGenealogy"/>