His mother was the daughter of Louisiana Creole parents, Joseph Martinez and Louise Baquié, from New Orleans, who were of African, French, and Spanish descent. Martinez was Afro-Haitian, and Baquié a Black Creole.[11][12][13][14][15]
Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday as the next pope, is partially descended from Creole people of color, according to Jari C. Honora, a noted genealogist and historian.