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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]His dad was French and Italian, and his mom is Spanish with the last name Martinez. He is a Peruvian citizen as well.

I imagine he was picked to navigate the American political scene as well as appeal to Latin America.[/quote]

His mother is Black. https://www.nola.com/news/first-american-pope-roots-new-orleans/[/quote]

Did you read this on lipstickalley.com like I just did ha ha! Nola.com was like "just so you know...he's (part) black by the way". Fun pope announcement day evening development![/quote]

They took down that page. I don't think it's true.[/quote]

His maternal grandparents, and his mother, might be Creole, according to the NYT: here's a gift article -

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/pope-leo-creole-new-orleans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F08.J1Y1.hWIH71ynqQ9B&smid=url-share

Creole does not mean Black. It can either mean white Europeans people who were born in the Caribbean and south Americans; or mixed African/native tribes/European.

His father's name Prevost is originally French. Which means he could be white European by way of Canada, and New Orleans, since a lot of Acadians moved there. Or he just be French.

As a French woman with white European and Asian heritage, I love this. I think his origins might have greatly informed his decision to work abroad, in Peru and other countries with a heavily mixed population. Italy, Spain, southern France all have a lot of North African genes in their populations as well.

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According to the NOLA article,
White smoke, black pope.[/quote]

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