The past May 8the Catholic Church announced the choice of Robert Francis Prevost as High pontiff under the name of Leo XIV. But beyond the white smoke and prayers, which captured the public’s attention was an alleged, and until now, family connection with the pop superstar Beyoncé Knowles.
The theory, born from the most curious corner of the Internet, emerged from details about the ancestry of the new Pope. In the biography published in Wikipedia it is mentioned that Leo XIV is the son of Mildred Martínez, granddaughter of Joseph Martínez, an Afrohaitian, and Louise Baquié, a Creole black woman, both originating in Louisiana. This Creole lineage He caught the attention of the users, who immediately associated him With Beyoncéwhose mother, Tina Knowlesalso comes from the Creole community of that southern state of the United States.
According to genealogists and ethnographers, Louisiana’s Creole identity is marked by a mixture of African, European and Native American Rootsespecially of French inheritance, an ethnic profile shared both by the Pope’s ancestors and those of the formation interpreter.
Comments such as: “It is incredible that the Pope is related to Beyoncé”, “in about 48 to 72 hours we will have a more or less clear idea of how many descendants have been ruled out, now it turns out that Pope León is related to Beyoncé since he apparently has Creole blood,” and even “It’s Beyoncé’s uncle,” They joked users on platform X.
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Although there is no concrete evidence of kinship between the two, neither family trees that support it, the conversation has grown like gunpowder. The only certain thing for now is that both Beyoncé and the Pope share the same Creole cultural heritage, rich in history and miscegenation.
In fact, Beyoncé He has several occasions to feel identified with his Creole roots, an inheritance that has nurtured his music, his aesthetics and his identity speech.
The phenomenon does not end there. The arrival of Leo XIV has also had unsuspected consequences in the entertainment industry. During the days after the conclave, Rome became the global media epicenter, which caused an unusual logistics stir in productions that were filmed in the city.
One of those affected was the fourth season of the successful series of Netflix Emily in Paris. According to a source close to production, the team planned to shoot several scenes in the Plaza de España, but the plans were interrupted. “The helicopters of the news that covered the new Pope made a lot of noise and caused chaos,” The source explained.
Actresses Lily Collins (Emily Cooper) and Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Sylvie) had to repeat shots on multiple occasions due to the rumble caused by air traffic that circulated near the Plaza de San Pedro.
Thus, while Leo XIV assumes his role as a spiritual leader of more than one billion Catholics worldwide, his figure has already generated consequences beyond the Vatican: from genealogical theories with a pop diva to interruptions in rolling of romantic comedy.
