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

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

According to Gates Jr., Pope Leo is also related to Boucher de Grandpre, who fought against the British during the ...

"What does the pope think about us being related? That's my question," one cousin said. "What does he think of us because ...

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

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 ...

Genealogists researching Pope Leo's family tree cast a wide net and found he has some very distant, but very famous cousins.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony ... A grandfather born in Haiti It’s worth noting that Leo’s genealogy is not entirely straightforward. At least one record indicates Joseph Norval ...