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JustAnotherGen

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1. I wonder

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Thu May 8, 2025, 09:32 PM

23 hrs ago

If they moved to pass?

I have a diverse background but no one would look at me and say "White lady".

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White smoke, Black pope? Genealogist says Leo XIV has Louisiana African roots [View all] pnwmom 23 hrs ago OP

I wonder JustAnotherGen 23 hrs ago #1

yep. tread lightly here. stopdiggin 23 hrs ago #2

The article makes that clear. But the Church publicly announced this geneology right after the Conclave, pnwmom 23 hrs ago #4

He does not appear to have discussed his ancestry publicly - Ms. Toad 22 hrs ago #8

This message was self-deleted by its author pnwmom 21 hrs ago #11

There are documents backing up the genealogist's findings, which he posted online. pnwmom 21 hrs ago #12

and you prove my point ... stopdiggin 19 hrs ago #15

I said: "I don't think any of them would think he was "claiming an experience he did not live." pnwmom 18 hrs ago #16

and yet you seem to be very insistent ? stopdiggin 10 hrs ago #20

I wasn't disputing his ancestry. Ms. Toad 9 hrs ago #21

But being Jewish has two meanings, and one is related to religious beliefs, so I wouldn't claim to be Jewish either, pnwmom 6 hrs ago #23

You conflated a description of his ancestry by others Ms. Toad 6 hrs ago #24

I didn't write most of those words. The National Catholic Reporter did. pnwmom 6 hrs ago #25

First, ancestry is factual. It exists, not something to be claimed or not. Ms. Toad 5 hrs ago #29

It wasn't my caption. It was the article's title. nt pnwmom 4 hrs ago #31

"glad he is claiming it" ... stopdiggin 3 min ago #32

... Solly Mack 23 hrs ago #3

That is so cool. Clouds Passing 23 hrs ago #5

Better every minute!!! elleng 23 hrs ago #6

LOL, I had just added that to the OP. And I agree -- better yet! pnwmom 23 hrs ago #7

Frankly, since Obama, such analysis of ancestry seem ultimately counter productive beyond saying Bernardo de La Paz 22 hrs ago #9

I even wonder why this is a topic of our conversation. CTyankee 7 hrs ago #22

More to love about mzmolly 22 hrs ago #10

TY! I Discovered that myself when I Searched for Cha 20 hrs ago #13

The significance of this is that it means the hideous "One Drop" doctrine is dead in European Catholicism. /nt artemisia1 20 hrs ago #14

Clickbait headline BaronChocula 16 hrs ago #17

2 out of 4 grandparents were Black, by the Census records. That would be more than any Pope in history, pnwmom 16 hrs ago #18

Cool Kid Berwyn 14 hrs ago #19

The 1st black pope, Pope Victor I, served from 189 to 199 A.D.. He was from North Africa & is depicted in paintings as FSogol 6 hrs ago #26

A mongrel American just like me! SARose 6 hrs ago #27

We with Louisiana roots all have African genes TexLaProgressive 5 hrs ago #28

I'm more interested in the Prevost side ms liberty 5 hrs ago #30