Pope Leo XIV's Afro-descendant roots revealed in US census records

New genealogical research reveals that Pope Leo XIV's maternal grandparents were classified as black in the 1900 US census, with their racial identity shifting as they migrated from the Caribbean to Chicago. This highlights the complex history of racial classification and migration in the Americas, but has no direct policy or market implications.

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