Léon XIV: this surprising link between the new pope and the French roots and actress Catherine Deneuve (ZAPTV)

While he was the first American pope in history, the sovereign pontiff also had French origins.

FOCUS - The new American pope, whose name "Prevost" sounds undeniably French, has genealogical roots in our country, especially in Normandy.

At the end of the conclave, the American Robert Francis Prevost became the new head of the Catholic Church. According to the research of genealogist Jean-Louis Beaucarnot, the pope and actress Catherine Deneuve would have ancestors in common, as he explained in C to you, Friday, May 9.

After the election of Pope Leo XIV, many are curious to want to know more about the origins of the first U.S. pontiff. Among them, genealogists who climbed his tree...

Robert Francis Prevost is "of French ancestry." To see more clearly, "The HuffPost" came closer to the "Pope of Genealogy" Jean-Louis Beaucarnot.

Just inducted, Pope Leo XIV is at the centre of all attentions, especially on the French side, where the sovereign pontiff has many surprising cousins, such as actress Catherine Deneuve or writer and philosopher Albert Camus.