When Henry Louis Gates Jr. set out to trace the family tree of America's first pope, he had no idea he was about to uncover ...

Pope Leo received an official copy of his family tree, which includes his ties to "free people of color" in New Orleans.

Jari Honora, family historian for the Historic New Orleans Collection, shows genealogy material of the grandparents of Pope Leo XIV in New Orleans, Friday, May 9, 2025. Credit: AP/Gerald Herbert ...

But beyond the celeb connections, Gates’ research uncovered something far more powerful: Pope Leo XIV is of mixed Black and ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts 'Finding Your Roots' on PBS, confirmed Pope Leo XIV is related to Madonna, Angelina Jolie, ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America. The Associated Press. May 10, ... whose family is Creole from Louisiana. “So, ...

All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were “free people of color” in Louisiana based on 19th-century census records, ...

All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were “free people of color ... Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism ... whose family is Creole from ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America by: JACK BROOK and DEEPA BHARATH, Associated Press Posted: May 9, 2025 / 06:03 PM HST ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope's French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the archi ...

Jari Honora, family historian for the Historic New Orleans Collection, shows genealogy material of the grandparents of Pope Leo XIV in New Orleans, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ...