Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of America, was neither from Italy nor a Christian, sensational revelation from DNA research – christopher columbus was a jew from spain not italy a new genetic study suggests

by times news cr

washingtonFor years, it has been believed that Christopher Columbus was an Italian sailor. During one of his travels, he reached America by sea in October 1492 and got the credit for discovering America. However, now a new research says that Christopher Columbus was not from Italy, as was believed for years. He was from Spain and a Sephardic Jew. He hid his true identity to avoid persecution. This claim about Columbus being from Spain has been made on the basis of a new genetic study. The research, led by Spanish scientists, aims to resolve long-standing uncertainty about Columbus’s background. Historians have been debating for years over the birthplace of 15th century sailor Columbus.

‘We have the DNA of Columbus’

It is believed that Columbus came from the Republic of Genoa located on the north-west coast of Italy. DNA analysis of Columbus’s remains kept in Seville Cathedral has produced solid evidence challenging this claim, the BBC reports. “We have Christopher Columbus’s DNA, very little but enough,” forensic expert Miguel Llorente said in a documentary titled Columbus DNA: The True Origin, broadcast in Spain. We have DNA from his son, Hernando Colon. Hernando’s Y (male chromosome) and mitochondrial DNA (from the mother) both have traits consistent with Jewish origin.’

This research began in 2003, when Jose Antonio Llorente, a forensic medicine professor at the University of Granada, together with historian Marcial Castro, exhumed Columbus’s remains from the Seville Cathedral. Findings from historical references suggest that Columbus may have hidden his Jewish roots or converted to Catholicism to escape the religious persecution prevalent in Spain at the time.

Researchers have not yet determined the exact birthplace of Columbus, but they believe it is somewhere in Western Europe, with Valencia, Spain, a strong possibility, according to a report in the New York Post. Columbus died in Valladolid, Spain in 1506. His remains were moved several times over the centuries, finally buried in Seville.

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