Pope Leo XIV's family tree reflects America's complex racial history, according to records obtained by ABC News.

Though family trees show that the author is related to the new pope, there are some relatives he's less proud to have.

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

ABC News has obtained several records, including U.S. Census records from the early 1900s, demonstrating that the first American pope's family tree reflects the complex racial history of this country.

The world is still adjusting to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV—the first American Pope and a native of the Chicago ...