DNA study reveals that Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew

Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew. This was revealed by a DNA study that is part of a 22-year investigation that was led by forensic scientist and professor at the University of Granada, José Antonio Lorente.

"After examining hundreds of bones and documents, it can be affirmed that Christopher Columbus was Jewish," explained RTVE, which shows the findings of the investigation in a documentary entitled "Columbus DNA, His True Origin" ("Colón ADN, Su Verdadero Origen" in Spanish).

According to the information, the discoverer of America was neither Genoese nor Italian, which is the main hypothesis of his birth supported by most historians and the Royal Academy of History of Spain. José Antonio Lorente argues that Columbus was a Mediterranean Jew.

"DNA indicates that Christopher Columbus had origins in the western Mediterranean. Of course, what does this mean? That if there were no Jews in Genoa in the 15th century, the odds of him being from there are minimal. Nor was there a large Jewish presence in the rest of the Italian peninsula, which would leave it very tenuous. There are no solid theories or clear indications that Christopher Columbus could be French. What we would be left with is the Spanish Mediterranean arc, the Balearic Islands and Sicily. But Sicily would also be strange, because Christopher Columbus would have written with some Italian or Sicilian language features, so it is most likely that his origin is in the Spanish Mediterranean arc or in the Balearic Islands, which at that time belonged to the Crown of Aragon," Lorente said.

This is the same study that confirmed that the remains buried in the Cathedral of Seville are those of Christopher Columbus. The research brings a definitive conclusion to another of history's unanswered questions and sheds light on the past of this historical figure. The past and actual location of Columbus' eternal resting place has been the subject of much debate among the scientific community until now.

The team of researchers assures that there is absolute reliability regarding the conclusions drawn from the analysis of the remains buried in the Cathedral of Seville in Spain. In that place, although well after his death, the presumed remains of the explorer were buried.

The researchers recalled however, that under the crypt of the Cathedral of Seville, there is not a complete human skeleton, which could indicate that the rest of the parts are in the Dominican Republic, as this country has been claiming for years.

The analysis of the bones from the Cathedral of Seville could not be analyzed previously due to the little genetic material they contained. The use of new technology made it possible to carry out the research only recently.