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

Pope Leo XIV and Madonna have a common ancestor in their genealogy, making them related. Madonna reacts to the news on social ...

Pope Leo's distant cousin Louis Boucher de Grandpre of Quebec is linked to multiple celebrities Pope Leo XIV has some very ...

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

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has shocked the world not with doctrine, but with DNA. A genealogical study by The ...

Soon after Pope Leo XIV became the first American pope on May 8, reports came in that he has African-American ancestry, that ...

I’m praying for this new pope from the United States who has roots in the 7th Ward. That was a mind-blowing moment for me,’ ...

As Pope Leo XIV settles into his papacy, the three million U.S. Black Catholics contemplate its deeper meaning, as questions ...

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

They'd all heard the news that broke shortly after his election, that Pope Leo XIV has Creole roots in New Orleans that stretch back centuries. Sponsor Message "You know how we are, we just claim ...

A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are ...