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

MADRID -- The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on ...

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

A new documentary explores 20 years of research into the navigator’s roots, suggesting his birthplace is in the ‘western ...

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

For centuries it's been widely believed that Christopher Columbus was from the Italian city of Genoa, but new DNA evidence ...

To solve the mystery researchers conducted a 22-year investigation, led by forensic expert Miguel Lorente, by testing tiny ...

A long-standing mystery about the nationality of renowned explorer Christopher Columbus has finally been solved. According to ...

A groundbreaking genetic study led by Spanish scientists has reopened the debate regarding Christopher Columbus’s origins, ...

Christopher Columbus, whose expeditions changed the course of history, was previously believed to be an Italian from Genoa.

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 ...