Pope Leo XIV has a family tree that spans centuries and apparently includes the Queen of Pop and Canada’s favorite sad boy.

Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.

Pope Leo XIV, who made history as the first American pope when he was elected in May 2025, is connected to several famous ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

Pope Leo XIV is distantly related to a number of prominent figures, including Hillary Clinton and former Canadian Prime ...

Holy pop! According to a new deep dive published by The New York Times, the newly named Pope Leo XIV is related to two of pop ...

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

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Geoff Bennett: Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass less than 24 hours after being elected the leader of the Catholic Church. He's not only the first pontiff from the U.S., but also the first ...