New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. calls ‘one of the most diverse family trees’ he’s ever come across.

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It might sound like the plot of a movie, but newly appointed Pope Leo XIV is reportedly related to one of the biggest pop ...

Pope Leo XIV is related to some of the most influential people we have ever known, according to The New York Times Magazine.

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The pope also has at least 17 black relatives, including his grandfather, Joseph Nerval Martínez, who was born in Haiti. Leo ...

Madonna and Pope Leo XIV are distant relatives, specifically ninth cousins, several times removed. This connection, uncovered ...

Pope Leo XIV is distantly related to pop star Madonna, along with Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber, and Justin Trudeau, new research shows. The findings come from genealogist Henry Louis Gates Jr, who ...

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As it happened, the pope has several generations of Cuban ancestors.