{"id":798,"date":"2025-06-17T13:48:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=798"},"modified":"2025-06-17T19:21:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:21:35","slug":"pope-leo-is-related-to-madonna-justin-bieber-ny-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/pope-leo-is-related-to-madonna-justin-bieber-ny-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo is related to Madonna, Justin Bieber: NY Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NewsNation<\/a>) \u2014 Only a few weeks after Pope Leo\u2019s election, the New York Times has done a deep dive on his ancestry, revealing a diverse \u2014 and famous \u2014 family background.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In an article written by Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/06\/11\/magazine\/pope-leo-xiv-ancestry-family-tree.html\">The New York Times<\/a> has discovered that the Chicago native is related to Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber, Jack Kerouac and Madonna.<\/p>\n<p>The American pope is connected to them through a Canadian ancestor named Louis Boucher de Grandpre, who was born in Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, Quebec, according to the New York Times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/entertainment-news\/justin-bieber-posts-text-messages\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tJustin Bieber posts \u2018if you don\u2019t like my anger you don\u2019t like me\u2019\t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leo\u2019s Canadian family ended up coming to the United States within a century, the paper reports, many settling in New Orleans, one of America\u2019s great melting pots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans was founded by the French in 1718 and became part of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Its strategic location on the Mississippi River lent to a diverse cultural heritage with Creole, Cajun, French and Spanish influences.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/religion\/iran-princess-iman-pahlavi-interfaith-wedding\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tPersian princess marries in interfaith union\t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pope Leo has ancestors who were mixed race<\/h2>\n<p>In another discovery, the New York Times says the pope has ancestors from Louisiana who were mixed race and were known to have enslaved other Black people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/religion\/justin-bieber-jesus-guy-social-media-drama\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tJustin Bieber still a \u2018Jesus guy\u2019 amid social media drama\t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>John Prevost, the pope\u2019s brother, told the New York Times he and his brothers didn\u2019t discuss their Creole roots and did not identify as Black.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo was born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago in 1955. He was elected leader of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025, making history as the first American pope.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(NewsNation) \u2014 Only a few weeks after Pope Leo\u2019s election, the New York Times has done a deep dive on his ancestry, revealing a diverse \u2014 and famous \u2014 family<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/pope-leo-is-related-to-madonna-justin-bieber-ny-times\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pope Leo is related to Madonna, Justin Bieber: NY Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions\/799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}