Pope Leo XIV has been presented with a physical copy of his family tree, which features some Black relatives.
The news comes after TheNew York Timesreported that Leo, born Robert Prevost in Chicago, had mixed-race and Black grandparents from New Orleans on his mother’s side of the family.
Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts the series Finding Your Roots on PBS, has since visited the Vatican alongside his wife, the historian Dr. Marial Iglesias Utset, to present the American pope with a physical copy of his lineage.
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