Pope Leo’s grandfather was immigrant from Sicily, genealogists reveal

<p>Robert Prevost’s maternal grandparents came to US from Caribbean and at one point identified as Black</p><p>Evidence that the Chicago-born <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/pope-leo-xiv">Pope Leo XIV</a>’s bloodlines reflect the US’s legacy of immigration – and complicated relationship with race – has continued to emerge since he recently became the first American ever elected to lead the Roman Catholic church.</p><p>The family history service <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/c/ancestry-blog/entertainment-and-culture/pope-leo-xiv-sicilian-roots">Ancestry</a> recently announced that a team helmed by senior genealogist Kyle Betit had determined Leo’s paternal grandfather, John R Prevost, immigrated to the US from north-eastern Sicily.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/17/pope-leo-grandfather-sicily-immigrant">Continue reading...</a>