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What happened to J. Robert Oppenheimer 's kids and grandchildren? Peter and Katherine are in the movie briefly. What happened when they grew up? Katherine Oppenheimer was a German American botanist, biologist, and wife of Los Alamos Laboratory director J. Robert Oppenheimer . After her birth in Germany, Katherine Puening moved with her family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at age three and spent the rest of her childhood in the area. Her Summary Katherine "Toni" Oppenheimer , the daughter of physicist Robert Oppenheimer , led a life marked by her father's legacy, her own battle with polio, and her career as a translator, which was marred by the denial of a UN position due to her father's controversial past; she tragically died by suicide at the age of 32. Abstract Katherine "Toni" Oppenheimer 's life was a complex tapestry woven with historical significance and personal adversity. Born to the renowned physicist Robert ... Katherine “Toni” Oppenheimer . Credit: Corbis/Getty Images Further along in Toni’s life, neighbors and friends often recalled feeling poorly about the state of her and her brother’s ...