Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts 'Finding Your Roots' on PBS, confirmed Pope Leo XIV is related to Madonna, Angelina Jolie, ...

But beyond the celeb connections, Gates’ research uncovered something far more powerful: Pope Leo XIV is of mixed Black and ...

Pope Leo XIV received a copy of his family tree from Henry Louis Gates Jr., marking his first public acknowledgment of his Black ancestry.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” said he handed the pontiff a copy of his family tree.

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 ...

Andy Samberg found his roots on Finding Your Roots in 2019, but his newly revealed epilogue is even better and eerier. While ...

Pope Leo XIV got a special visit from Finding Your Roots writer, host and executive producer Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr ., to ...

People living in British America and later the nascent United States recorded their family histories in needlework samplers, ...

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 ...

Governor Maura Healey is resurrecting a proposal at the center of a long-running legal dispute between wealthy property ...

Pope Leo XIV is not only the first American Pope in history but also the first Pope with African-American roots. Robert ...