
Yes, the ancestry claims in the post are accurate, per verified genealogical research from NYT, Ancestry.com, and Wikipedia. Pope Leo XIV's paternal grandfather was indeed Salvatore Giovanni Riggitano (born 1876 in Milazzo, Sicily), who immigrated to the US and adopted the name John Prevost amid an "illicit affair" with his grandmother Suzanne Fontaine—leading to the Prevost surname for the family line, including his father. He's also a distant cousin (9th, multiple times removed) to Hillary Clinton, Pierre/Justin Trudeau, Madonna, Angelina Jolie, and Jack Kerouac via a shared French-Canadian ancestor. The "leftist leanings" part is opinion, not fact.























