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I've toured 8 historic Gilded Age mansions. Here are the most extravagant displays of wealth I've seen.
The wealthiest families of the Gilded Age lived in enormous mansions outfitted with gold, marble, and priceless art. Take a ...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Presents Pope Leo XIV With Family Tree Tracing His Black Ancestry
Pope Leo XIV received a copy of his family tree from Henry Louis Gates Jr., marking his first public acknowledgment of his Black ancestry.
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Ancient Tooth Proteins Rewrite the Rhino Family Tree—Are Dinosaurs Next?
Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...
“Finding Your Roots”' Henry Louis Gates Jr. Presents Pope Leo with Family Tree, Confirming His Surprising Celebrity Relatives
Henry Louis Gates Jr., who hosts 'Finding Your Roots' on PBS, confirmed Pope Leo XIV is related to Madonna, Angelina Jolie, ...
Pope Leo Comes Face to Face With His Black Family Tree
Pope Leo XIV has been presented with a physical copy of his family tree, which features some Black relatives. The news comes ...
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‘Whoa’: Pope Leo XIV Shock to Learn He Has Black Grandparents, Celebrity Cousins and Enslaved Ancestors
When Henry Louis Gates Jr. set out to trace the family tree of America's first pope, he had no idea he was about to uncover ...
It's the end of a mob era for the Spilotro crime family
On Monday night at age 83, the last Spilotro brother died of natural causes--ending an era that connected the golden years of ...