— HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. Along those lines, you now feature guests of all backgrounds, not just African Americans. How did that come about? I got a letter from a woman of Russian Jewish ancestry, and ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

I sometimes watch the PBS show Finding Your Roots, where Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents guests information about their ancestry. With researchers combing through dusty records and ...

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 by Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s 'Finding Your Roots,' traces back to a ...

“Henry Louis Gates keenly understands the importance of such collections to researchers doing the deeply personal work of tracing their family’s history. It was an honor to celebrate his achievements ...

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

Henry Louis Gates Jr., best known for helping people and celebrities uncover ancestral connections on his long-running PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” has made headlines again with a viral ...

Pope Leo XIV may be one of the most powerful people in the world, so it only makes sense he is related to some pretty powerful people, too. “Finding Your Roots” host Henry Louis Gates Jr. said ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Reveals Pope Leo Is Related to 7 Public Figures — Including Madonna Pope Leo XIV is the first American-born pope in the history of the papacy.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Unpacks Black Literature’s ‘Black Box’ In his latest book, the Harvard scholar shows how African American writers have used the written word to shape their reality ...