Overview

• The New York Times partnered with American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami on a project tracing Pope Leo XIV’s family tree.
• Researchers pinpointed Louis Boucher de Grandpre of Quebec as the shared ancestor linking the pontiff to public figures.
• The analysis showed distant ties to celebrities including Madonna, Justin Bieber, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton and Justin Trudeau.
• Madonna acknowledged the connection in an Instagram Story, tagging her father and joking “We’re related to the Pope” while alluding to her three excommunications.
• Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff from Chicago, assumed the papacy on May 8 following the death of Pope Francis.