G2G: Mystery solved! Pope Leo XIV's paternal grandfather was Sicilian!

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Exciting news! The official Genealogy server on Discord is proud and honored to have played a major role in uncovering the identity of Pope Leo XIV’s grandfather, making a notable discovery that the man known as John R. Prevost had a dual identity. We are grateful for the public announcement from Geneanet, and have posted our own research findings through a genealogical proof statement on our official website:

https://www.discordgenealogy.com/research-findings

WikiTree profile: John Prevost
in The Tree House by Owl (78.3k points)

Nice work! Interesting... Not a popular surname in Sicily, if this is accurate - https://forebears.io/surnames/riggitano



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It's also been confirmed that Pope Leo's grandmother was Suzanne Louise Marie Fontaine from Le Havre and Suzanne Fabre was an assumed name

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