Pope Leo Reveals Relation to Madonna and Justin Bieber

Pope Leo XIV apparently has some popstar DNA in his genes. According to a New York Times report, the new Holy Father is related to Justin Bieber and Madonna through ‘one common Canadian ancestor’ born nearly six generations ago.

The NYT collaborated with genealogists from American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami on a detailed exploration of the Pope’s ancestry, and found that the head of the Catholic Church — born Robert Francis Prevost — has connections to a number of famous relatives, including actress Angelina Jolie and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“Through one Canadian ancestor, Louis Boucher de Grandpre, who was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec,” the report reads, “the pope is related to numerous Canadian-derived distant cousins, including Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber, Jack Kerouac, and Madonna.”

An family tree diagram was drawn up to visualize the complex structure of Pope Leo XIV’s family tree.

Initial findings about the pope’s ancestry revealed that he had African American ancestors. This was earthshattering news, but it was only the beginning. The New York Times Magazine was able to go back 500 years — and discover a wealth of fascinating stories, unraveling the threads that combined to help shape the truly cosmopolitan worldview of the man we might think of as the first pan-American pope.

To find the full report on Pope Leo XIV’s family tree [CLICK HERE]

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Pope Leo XIV Reveals Relation to Madonna and Justin Bieber Through Common Ancestor  was originally published on rnbphilly.com