This chart was prepared by Henry Louis Gates Jr., American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. It reflects the ...

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

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

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.

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

Madonna, who was raised Catholic and has Italian heritage, has referenced her rocky relationship with the Church numerous ...

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 ...

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

Early coverage of Pope Leo XIV has explored the first American ... It’s worth noting that Leo’s genealogy is not entirely straightforward. At least one record indicates Joseph Norval as ...

Pope Leo XIV, the newly elected head of the Catholic Church, has an unexpected connection to pop music legends Madonna and ...

Geneanet, Europe’s leading genealogy website, has just unveiled the family origins of the new Pope Leo XIV. The investigation found that although Supreme Pontiff Robert Francis Prévost is American by ...