Pope Leo received an official copy of his family tree, which includes his ties to "free people of color" in New Orleans.

But beyond the celeb connections, Gates’ research uncovered something far more powerful: Pope Leo XIV is of mixed Black and ...

When Henry Louis Gates Jr. set out to trace the family tree of America's first pope, he had no idea he was about to uncover ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts 'Finding Your Roots' on PBS, confirmed Pope Leo XIV is related to Madonna, Angelina Jolie, ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” said he handed the pontiff a copy of his family tree.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. could have told us to storm the state Capitol. Instead, he chose to connect and unite, to remind us of how much we are alike.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. just put Al Roker on blast. While naming his list of dream guests for the show Finding Your Roots, which dives into the hidden ancestry of its celebrity guests, ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Unpacks Black Literature’s ‘Black Box’ In his latest book, the Harvard scholar shows how African American writers have used the written word to shape their reality ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr., known to all as "Skip," remembers the day he became obsessed with the subject of race. It was 1960, and he was 9 years old, staring at his grandfather's corpse lying in ...

For 11 seasons, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from his guests on the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots” and led them through secrets in their family tree ...