Several countries disputed origins of Columbus, the divisive explorer who led Spanish-funded expeditions from the 1490s onward.

Students are returning to a Jewish girls' school in Toronto two days after it was struck with gunfire for the second time ...

Spanish scientists have made a fascinating discovery through a new genetic study, suggesting that famed explorer Christopher ...

"And both in the Y chromosome (male) and in the mitochondrial DNA (transmitted by the mother) of Hernando there are traits ...

Christopher Columbus was likely Jewish, Spanish researchers have announced in a splashy new documentary aired on Spain’s ...

Spanish scientists said on Saturday (Oct 12) that 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus wasn’t Italian but a Sephardic ...

The findings, revealed in a new documentary which aired this weekend on Spanish television, claim that the explorer hid his ...

The broadcast of the documentary 'Colón DNA' about the research by forensic expert José A. Lorente has sparked a great debate ...

Spanish scientists believe he was born into a Sephardic Jewish family from Western Europe and converted to Catholicism.

A new genetic study by Spanish scientists suggests that Christopher Columbus, the renowned explorer, may have been of Spanish ...

A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus has found that the controversial explorer was actually a ...