Decoding the Nationality of Christopher Columbus; the Discoverer of America was a Western European Jew

Spanish scientists have revealed the centuries-old mystery of Christopher Columbus's nationality, the discoverer of the Americas, through DNA testing in a television documentary. They announced that Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe. The documentary 'Columbus DNA: The Real Origin' aired on Saturday evening, October 21, coinciding with Spain's National Day and commemorating the entry of this 15th-century explorer into the New World, answering the centuries-old puzzle of Columbus's authenticity. Several countries have previously disagreed over the origin and final burial place of this historical figure, who led the financial explorations of the Spanish Empire from the 1490s onward and paved the way for the European conquest of the Americas. Many historians had questioned the traditional theory that Columbus came from Genoa, Italy, with other theories suggesting he could be Jewish, Greek, Basque, Portuguese, or even British. To solve this mystery, researchers conducted a 22-year study led by Miguel Lorente, a forensic expert, testing small samples of remains buried in the Seville Cathedral, long identified by local authorities as Columbus's burial site. They compared the results with known relatives and descendants of Christopher Columbus, and their findings were published in the documentary 'Columbus DNA: The Real Origin.' Mr. Lorente stated that despite the 'minor' nature of Columbus's DNA, it was 'sufficient' for research. He also confirmed that the DNA of 'Hernando Colon,' the son of the discoverer of the Americas, was available and consistent with Jewish origins. Before the 'Catholic Monarchs,' Isabella and Ferdinand, ordered Jews and Muslims in Spain to convert to Catholicism or leave the country, about 300,000 Jews lived in Spain. After these developments, many of them dispersed across the world. The term Sephardic is derived from 'Sepharad' or Spain in Hebrew. The leader of this new research also told reporters that previous theories had confirmed that the remains in the Seville Cathedral belonged to this explorer, and today this issue has been definitively confirmed with new technologies. Miguel Lorente announced that based on the analysis of 25 possible locations, it can only be said that Columbus was born in Western Europe. Christopher Columbus was commissioned in 1492 by the Kingdom of Castile, part of Spain, to find a route westward to India but reached the Americas instead. He died in 1506 in Valladolid, Spain, but wished to be buried on the island of Hispaniola, which is now located between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. His remains had been moved several times over the years to different countries.