"He's the perfect Pope for...of this moment and ehh...our world of so much cultural diversity because his GENOME is truly cosmopolitan. I use the word Ecumenical in the Greek sense, you know, embracive of the world"...
Pope Leo's diverse family tree includes major pop stars and politicians
August 19, 2025
PBS NewsHour
YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBcc0HgtKvI
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s post
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
July 10 (2025)
On Saturday, my wife, the historian Dr. Marial Iglesias Utset, and I were granted the profound honor of a private audience with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican to present him with a copy of his family tree. She and I had worked with an outstanding team of researchers to publish it in The New York Times Sunday Magazine and were deeply grateful for the chance to walk His Holiness through the branches of his family tree, sharing stories of his ancestors back to his 12th great-grandparents who were born some 500 years ago. This was one of the most meaningful and deeply moving moments of our lives.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s post
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
June 12 (2025)
“Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveholders: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.” Finding the Pope’s Roots for the New York Times.
Robert Francis Prevost’s family tree is strikingly “ecumenical,” an expression of the endlessly fascinating, multifarious geographical and ethnic threads that make up our grand national story. These threads help shape the truly cosmopolitan worldview of the man we might think of as the first pan-American pope.
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Does the Family Tree of 'Finding Your Roots' Host Henry Louis Gates Jr. Include a Wife?
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a man who wears many hats. He is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University as well as an author, literary critic, and historian, to name a few. As the host of PBS's Finding Your Roots, Henry takes on the title of genealogist while helping celebrities locate the hidden branches of their family trees.
However, some limbs don't stretch back centuries; one need only look to their own home for answers. Is Henry Louis Gates Jr. married? Let's meet the famous professor's wife.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a man who wears many hats. He is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University as well as an author, literary critic, and historian, to name a few. As the host of PBS's Finding Your Roots, Henry takes on the title of genealogist while helping celebrities locate the hidden branches of their family trees.
However, some limbs don't stretch back centuries; one need only look to their own home for answers. Is Henry Louis Gates Jr. married? Let's meet the famous professor's wife.
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. with his wife
Who is Henry Louis Gates Jr. married to?
In a piece Henry wrote for The Daily Beast in February 2021 about Black churches and their "cultural ties" to Africa, Henry dipped into his personal life. "My wife, Marial Iglesias Utset, is a Cuban citizen and a historian of slavery and the slave trade to Cuba," he explained. "Her parents were deeply committed to the Cuban Revolution and raised their three children not only outside of the Catholic Church, but as staunch atheists." What a thrilling introduction to a fascinating woman.
Like her husband, Marial is a professor at Harvard where she is a visiting research scholar at the Afro-Latin American Research Institute. According to her Harvard bio she was a "Professor of Philosophy and History at the University of Havana for 25 years," after earning her Masters in Philosophy as well as a PhD in Historical Sciences there. Marial's research primarily focuses on "Culture and Race in Cuba, Atlantic Slavery, and African Diaspora Studies."
We would be remiss in ignoring the fact that Marial is also a published author. Her book, A Cultural History of Cuba During the U.S. Occupation, 1898 - 1902, focuses on "Cuba during the United States' brief but influential occupation from 1898 to 1902 — a key transitional period following the Spanish-American War," per the University of North Carolina Press. At the risk of being reductive: It highlights how Cuban nationalism was born while fighting the looming presence of the United States.\
Henry Louis Gates Jr. with his wife
Who is Henry Louis Gates Jr. married to?
In a piece Henry wrote for The Daily Beast in February 2021 about Black churches and their "cultural ties" to Africa, Henry dipped into his personal life. "My wife, Marial Iglesias Utset, is a Cuban citizen and a historian of slavery and the slave trade to Cuba," he explained. "Her parents were deeply committed to the Cuban Revolution and raised their three children not only outside of the Catholic Church, but as staunch atheists." What a thrilling introduction to a fascinating woman.
Like her husband, Marial is a professor at Harvard where she is a visiting research scholar at the Afro-Latin American Research Institute. According to her Harvard bio she was a "Professor of Philosophy and History at the University of Havana for 25 years," after earning her Masters in Philosophy as well as a PhD in Historical Sciences there. Marial's research primarily focuses on "Culture and Race in Cuba, Atlantic Slavery, and African Diaspora Studies."
We would be remiss in ignoring the fact that Marial is also a published author. Her book, A Cultural History of Cuba During the U.S. Occupation, 1898 - 1902, focuses on "Cuba during the United States' brief but influential occupation from 1898 to 1902 — a key transitional period following the Spanish-American War," per the University of North Carolina Press. At the risk of being reductive: It highlights how Cuban nationalism was born while fighting the looming presence of the United States.\
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Maria Iglesias Utset
Working Group on Comparative Slavery Leader
Visiting Research Scholar
Biography
Marial Iglesias Utset was Professor of Philosophy and History at the University of Havana for 25 years. She earned her Ph.D. in Historical Sciences at the University of Havana and her M. Phil. and her B.A. at Moscow State University. Her research fields include Culture and Race in Cuba, Atlantic Slavery, and African Diaspora Studies.
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Black in Latin America
PBS
https://www.pbs.org › wnet › black-in-latin-america
In Mexico and Peru Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history of two significant black populations. May 11th, 2011.
Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On July 16, 2009, Harvard University professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. was arrested at his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home by local police officer Sgt. James Crowley, who was responding to a 911 caller's report of men breaking and entering the residence. The arrest initiated a series of events that unfolded under the spotlight of the international news media.
The arrest occurred just after Gates returned home to Cambridge after a trip to China to research the ancestry of Yo-Yo Ma for Faces of America.[2] Gates found the front door to his home jammed shut and, with the help of his driver, tried to force it open. A local witness reported their activity to the police as a potential burglary in progress. Accounts regarding the ensuing confrontation differ, but Gates was arrested by the responding officer, Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley, and charged with disorderly conduct. On July 21, five days following the arrest, the charges against Gates were dropped. The arrest generated a national debate about whether or not it represented an example of racial profiling by police.
On July 22, President Barack Obama said about the incident, “I should say at the outset that Skip Gates is a friend, so I may be a little biased here. I don’t know all the facts,” said Obama...
https://www.pbs.org › wnet › black-in-latin-america
In Mexico and Peru Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history of two significant black populations. May 11th, 2011.
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Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On July 16, 2009, Harvard University professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. was arrested at his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home by local police officer Sgt. James Crowley, who was responding to a 911 caller's report of men breaking and entering the residence. The arrest initiated a series of events that unfolded under the spotlight of the international news media.
The arrest occurred just after Gates returned home to Cambridge after a trip to China to research the ancestry of Yo-Yo Ma for Faces of America.[2] Gates found the front door to his home jammed shut and, with the help of his driver, tried to force it open. A local witness reported their activity to the police as a potential burglary in progress. Accounts regarding the ensuing confrontation differ, but Gates was arrested by the responding officer, Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley, and charged with disorderly conduct. On July 21, five days following the arrest, the charges against Gates were dropped. The arrest generated a national debate about whether or not it represented an example of racial profiling by police.
On July 22, President Barack Obama said about the incident, “I should say at the outset that Skip Gates is a friend, so I may be a little biased here. I don’t know all the facts,” said Obama...
Read more @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_arrest_controversy
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How did Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s extensive racial research lead him to Rome?
In my opinion, Henry Louis Gates Jr. has run the gamut of human relations ever since 2009,when he was arrested in Cambridge Massachussetts while he tried to enter his home, and neighbors called police believing they had seen a burglary in progress. Henry Louis Gates Jr is a historian and a scholar who has earned several academic degrees, and is a prolific author of several books, among which is "Loose Canons: Notes on the Culture Wars". Mr. Gates has also produced documentaries about the African Diaspora on PBS, such as "Black in Latin America", and his latest is "Finding Your Roots".
In summary, as I review Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s recent public life I wonder how a person dedicated to research Black History, and who pratices Transcendental Meditation, who married a Cuban woman who grew up Atheist, could ingratiate himself with the Bishop of Rome. When I first heard of Henry Louis Gates Jr. in 2009, he came accross as an agent provocateur, then as he produced the documentary "Black in Latin America", he seemed to be biased against the other races in the countries he visited. Today, in August 2025, Henry Louis Gates Jr. is fascinated by the Pope's pedigree and believes that Leo XIV is the right Pope for our time because of his GENOME. Finally, as I focus on Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s words, then observe the signs of the times it remind me that all roads lead to Rome.
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