Pope Leo XIV got a special visit from Finding Your Roots writer, host and executive producer Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., to ...

Pope Leo XIV is not only the first American Pope in history but also the first Pope with African-American roots. Robert ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole ancestry uncovered. Census records list the new pope’s maternal grandparents as Black and living in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century.

Pope Leo XIV's maternal grandparents were black or mixed and of Creole descent, moving from New Orleans to Chicago at the turn of the 20th century, reports said Friday.

We Traced Pope Leo XIV’s Ancestry Back 500 Years. Here’s What We Found. Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff ...

The world is still adjusting to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV—the first American Pope and a native of the Chicago area—but new revelations about his ancestry are drawing attention far ...

In a collaborative article between The New York Times, American Ancestors, and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami, Henry Louis Gates Jr. explored Pope Leo XIV's ancestry, uncovering a link to the ...

Pope Leo XIV, who is the first American pope in history, has lineage among “free people of color” in the U.S. dating back to at least the 1840s, a genealogist told Forbes.

Pope Leo XIV’s maternal grandparents were black or mixed and of Creole descent, moving from New Orleans to Chicago at the turn of the 20th century, reports said Friday. “The family were free ...

Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. Jari Honora, a historian at the Historic New Orleans Collection, a museum in the French Quarter, began ...

Pope Leo XIV made history as the first U.S ... made the discovery and joins "CBS Mornings Plus" for more. CBS News - Video. What to know about Pope Leo XIV's ancestry. Posted: May 26, 2025 ...