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

A new book suggests Chicago-born Richard Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of ...

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.

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 ...

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A noted historian dug into Pope Leo XIV‘s family tree, discovering it includes a who’s who of A-list celebrities, political figures and even a famous novelist.

Places where Robert Francis Prevost may have spent childhood in, around Dolton is mostly now photographs and memories.

New research shows that the new Pope also shares ancestry with political leaders like Hillary Clinton and Justin Trudeau, as well as American writer Jack Kerouac During his first address, Pope Leo ...

The newly appointed Pope Leo XIV has several star studded branches on his family tree.

According to family history sleuths and ancestry experts, they all share something far more unexpected than Grammys and red carpets, though: They’re reportedly distant relatives of Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV's ancestry is largely Creole, with deep roots in New Orleans, but he also possesses French, Spanish, and Italian heritage.