A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus has found that the controversial explorer was actually a Sephardic Jew from western Europe. Spanish researchers announced their ...

As for Columbus's ethnicity, "We have DNA from Christopher Columbus, very partial, but sufficient. We have DNA from Hernando Colón, his son," explained Lorente in the program.

Headlines in New York Post (“Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, study finds”), BBC (“Columbus probably Spanish and Jewish, study says”) and Fox News (“Columbus ...

SEVILLE, Spain — Conventional history states Christopher Columbus was from Genoa, Italy, but he may have been, in fact, a Sephardic Jew from the eastern Iberian Peninsula, according to a new ...

SEVILLE, Spain — Conventional history states Christopher Columbus was from Genoa, Italy, but he may have been, in fact, a Sephardic Jew from the eastern Iberian Peninsula, according to a new ...

MADRID — Fifteenth-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spain scientists said Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery.

Columbus’ disputed resting place The mausoleum of Christopher Columbus here in Seville features four bronze heralds representing the four Spanish kingdoms before they came under a single rule ...