Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States, brings with him a diverse and complex heritage. His roots extend ...

FAN is an abbreviation started by internationally famous genealogist Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG (Certified Genealogist).

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Arguable the most controversial of the publication's findings is that Pope Leo is also related to Grammy icon Madonna through ...

Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.

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Henry Goodsell, the identified deceased, died at sea when his ship was caught in a storm on the way from Connecticut to ...

Henry Goodsell's remains washed up over decades. Forensic genetic genealogy is gaining wider use, and helped solve the case.

The Charlestown Historical Society is welcoming soldiers’ descendants to the city as part of their Brothers of the Battle ...

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

Growing up in Mandan, Johan Stenslie’s childhood was steeped in history and Norwegian culture. Dinner table conversations ...