Pope Leo received an official copy of his family tree, which includes his ties to "free people of color" in New Orleans.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Henry Louis Gates Jr. could have told us to storm the state Capitol. Instead, he chose to connect and unite, to remind us of how much we are alike.

NEWARK — When Henry Louis Gates Jr. was nine-years-old he made the mistake of laughing at how white his grandfather looked in his coffin. "He was so white we called him 'Casper'", Gates told a ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. says his interest in genealogy began at an early age, looking at information about his own family’s history. (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images) By Martin Miller .

Henry Louis Gates Jr. just put Al Roker on blast. While naming his list of dream guests for the show Finding Your Roots, which dives into the hidden ancestry of its celebrity guests, ...

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 ...

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