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Pope Leo Comes Face to Face With His Black Family Tree
Pope Leo XIV has been presented with a physical copy of his family tree, which features some Black relatives. The news comes ...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Presents Pope Leo XIV With Family Tree Tracing His Black Ancestry
Pope Leo received an official copy of his family tree, which includes his ties to "free people of color" in New Orleans.
“Finding Your Roots”' Henry Louis Gates Jr. Presents Pope Leo with Family Tree, Confirming His Surprising Celebrity Relatives
Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts 'Finding Your Roots' on PBS, confirmed Pope Leo XIV is related to Madonna, Angelina Jolie, ...
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Henry Louis Gates Uses DNA Evidence To Show Pope Leo Is Black!
But beyond the celeb connections, Gates’ research uncovered something far more powerful: Pope Leo XIV is of mixed Black and ...
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‘Whoa’: Pope Leo XIV Shock to Learn He Has Black Grandparents, Celebrity Cousins and Enslaved Ancestors
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 ...
‘Finding Your Roots’ Team Discovers Pope Leo XIV’s Surprising Relatives
Pope Leo XIV got a special visit from Finding Your Roots writer, host and executive producer Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., to ...
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Letters: Pope Leo's family tree shows how race is an absurd construct
This newspaper reported how Ellen Dionne Alverez, 77, a lifelong Black New Orleanian, discovered lately through family records that she is Pope Leo’s second cousin, once removed.