Michael A. Smith is a Professor of Political Science and Chair of Social Sciences at Emporia State University.

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New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

I sometimes watch the PBS show Finding Your Roots, where Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents guests information about their ancestry. With researchers combing through dusty records and ...

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From Holy See to Hollywood. A noted historian dug into Pope Leo XIV‘s family tree, discovering it includes a who’s who of A-list celebrities, political figures and even a famous novelist. Henry Louis ...

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., best known for helping people, and celebrities, uncover ancestral connections on his long-running PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” has made headlines again with a viral ...

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

The two are "ninth cousins, various times removed," Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of the PBS show Finding Your Roots, recently revealed in the New York Times. His team traced the new pope to the pop ...

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

NEW YORK (AP) — For 11 seasons, 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.