Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope, descends from Creole and free people of color in Louisiana, highlighting complex issues to race and class in American history.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has Creole lineage from New Orleans, according to records shared after his election.

Pope Leo XIV's family tree shows Black roots in New Orleans. The first American pope's grandparents identified as Black, records show. By Elizabeth Thomas, Alondra Valle, and Emily Chang, ABC News.

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Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV, the new leader of the Catholic Church in Vatican City, has a family tree that shows Black roots in New Orleans.

"It's clear that the Pope has centuries-long ties to free people of color in Louisiana," Smothers told ABC News. On the 1900 census, while his family lived in New Orleans, both Leo XIV's maternal ...

On the 1900 census, while his family lived in New Orleans, both Leo XIV’s maternal grandparents and his aunts — Irma and Margaret — were identified as Black.